Kate Van der Berg, who had been very wroth at the start, very much disgusted with Miss Dolly, who had felt as if she never wanted to have anything more to do with her, before the evening was over began to say to herself,—
"Dorothea must have some good in her, and must belong to nice people—really nice, well-bred people—to have such a cousin."
And then when the other boy visitors appeared,—when Schuyler Van der Berg, Raymond Armitage, Peter Van Loon, and others of the New York youngsters were in full force,—it was found that they too were taken captive by Jimmy's pleasant ways.
"Nice little chap!" said Schuyler to his great friend, Peter Van Loon.
"Yes," responded Peter; "nicest Boston fellow I've ever seen. Don't like Boston fellows generally, they're so cocky."
"And this little chap might be cocky, easy. What do you think,—he's the quarter-back in the Puritan eleven!"
"No!" and Peter looked up with greater animation than he had shown since he came into the house.
"And he's coxswain in the Charlesgate boat-crew."
"I say now!" ejaculated Peter, with increased animation.
"Yes, and he plays the fiddle too,—knows all about music."