“I’m not aimin’ to advise you, sir, but if ’twere me, I’d not let her go there alone.”
“I think perhaps you are right, Jake,” Wardell Force returned thoughtfully as he turned away. “I’ll have another talk with Doris and see if I can’t get her out of the notion of going.”
Returning to the house, he found his niece in the den studying German. She put aside her book at once as he came over to her, but her face clouded at mention of the visit.
“I’ll give it up if you’re so worried, but I don’t see any reason for not going. The Misses Gates are probably just two dear old ladies who like privacy, and the neighbors are inclined to gossip.”
“I see you have set your heart upon going,” Mr. Force sighed.
“Then you will let me go?”
“Upon one condition.”
“And what is that?”
“That you get some one to go with you.”
“I know just the person, Uncle Ward. Kitty Norris will be crazy to go!”