"I hev."
"I'm too late," exclaimed Roger, bitterly. "They got ahead of me, after all."
CHAPTER XXII
A QUESTION OF LAW
The sudden entrance of Roger, his words and manner, and his earnestness, created no small excitement in the Kimball household. Adrian and Clara, who had been in the sitting-room, discussing the situation, and rejoicing over the sale of the land, by means of which the mortgage could be paid, came hurrying into the kitchen as they heard their cousin speak.
"Hello, Roger!" exclaimed Adrian. "I was just going out to hunt you up. Where were you?"
"Out to Syracuse," answered Roger, briefly.
Mr. Kimball folded up the agreement of sale he had been reading, and came over to where his nephew stood.