"Why, yes, of course! Didn't you know what was in my mind when I decided I would like to go to New York with Anne Stewart?"
"But that doesn't mean I'm going there!" exclaimed Polly.
"Of course you are. I don't want to go without you, so I shall scheme to win your folks over to my way of thinking."
"Well, all I can say, is this: If you win them over to see how important it is for me to go to school in New York, you are a wizard—that's all!" declared Polly, laughingly.
"Your laugh sounds dubious, but I'll show you, pretty soon."
"Now, if you two girls should find yourselves in New York, we will have our folks meet you and pilot you through the wilderness. It's worse than out here on the mountains, you know," laughed Jim.
"In case I don't pass for college, I won't mind so much, as long as you girls will be in the city to console me," added Kenneth, gallantly.
They laughed. "We won't waste much time consoling any one, I can tell you," added Polly.
"No; Polly and I are going to study some profession, you know, and begin business as soon as we complete our education."
"What?" exclaimed Jim, surprised to hear such young girls plan for a business life.