These business details confused Morey.
“Looks as if Major Carey was out for something soft,” commented Lieutenant Purcell.
“Our land’s worth as much as the Appleton place,” exclaimed Morey, who had grasped that much of the situation.
“Leave me your address,” suggested the manager. “I’ll send a man out there on a quiet investigation. These country banks are great boosters—for themselves. You’ll hear from me in a few days. It isn’t improbable that I can be of help to you.”
[CHAPTER XVI]
THE SIGNAL CORPS CAMP IN THE MOUNTAINS.
Before leaving the center of the city Lieutenant Purcell directed Morey to several cheap but sufficiently good restaurants. Then the two friends spent several hours in sight-seeing, and when they separated, Morey went directly to his room to write to his mother at last. The letter, although a long one, told only a part of Morey’s story. As yet he made no mention of the money they owed Major Carey. It was an affectionate but positive letter leaving no doubt as to Morey’s intentions. This letter led up to a second and more important one.
The following day, having journeyed out to Fort Meyer and secured the proper form, Morey wrote again to his mother. In this letter he asked her consent to his joining the Signal Corps. This communication was most adroitly worded. There was in it no reference to the army, and the average person who read it would imagine that the “U. S. Signal Corps” was a sort of technical school, entrance into which was secured only by a favored few.