“Berty!” he said, reproachfully.
“Oh, you wouldn’t make fun of him openly,” she said, with sudden wrath, “but I know that look in your eyes,” and with a decided tap on the back she sent him out the front door.
Roger, chuckling with delight as he made his way to the iron works, ran into Tom Everest.
“What are you laughing at?” asked Tom, with his own eyes shining.
“Can’t tell,” said Roger.
“I’ll bet it was some joke about Berty,” remarked Tom.
“Oh, Berty! Berty!” exclaimed his friend, “all the world is thinking Berty, and dreaming Berty, and seeing Berty. You’re a crank, Everest.”
“It was Berty,” said Tom, decidedly. “Come, now, out with it.”
“She’s going to have a party to-night,” said Roger, exploding with laughter; “your sister Selina and the Mayor, my wife and I.”
“I’m going too,” said Tom, firmly.