"Jack," said Terry, "Evelyn came down with us."
"Great Scott! Ain't I glad! But why didn't you bring your girl with you?"
"She wouldn't come, Jack; but sister came down with us, as she wanted to help us build up a home out here. So, until your mother and Katy comedown, we'll let her be boss."
"Yes, and what a boss she will be. I've been telling these fellows around here that she is the most beautiful young lady in the whole country. But when is she coming down?"
"Just as soon as we can fix up one of the four-room houses for her, for we will live there until we can build a larger house."
"What do you want to build a house for when my house is large enough for forty people?"
"Oh we want to get into our own home. We want to build a residence down at the mineral spring."
"Oh, that's a mile off."
"Yes, so it is. The depot here, though, is a general resort for every rough character who comes along; but we'll have some of our lady friends down here both from Crabtree and from the North. We'll fence in the spring to keep the cattle from crowding around it, make beautiful flower gardens, raise all sorts of vegetables and fruits, and try to make our home here as lovely as our home up at New Era was."
Jack and Terry led the way up to the house in which Jack had been living, each carrying a valise.