At the sound of his voice John started to his feet with a jump.
"Don't you know me, Sherman?" he said.
"You—you can't be John Worth? Why, bless my heart, is it really you?" cried Sherman.
In an instant the one idea that had sustained him through the trying hours and apparently endless miles of his journey came to John's mind.
"Yes," he said, the light of triumph in his eyes. "I'm John Worth. And I've come to college."
