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438 "Yes." "Then find out from her what I said!" "Come, father," said Philip rising. "You were going to show Edith Miss Comstock's letter," suggested Mr. Ammon. "I have not the slightest interest in Miss Comstock's letter," said Edith Carr. "You are not even interested in the fact that she says you are not responsible for her going, and that I am to call on you and be friends with you?" "That is interesting, indeed!" sneered Miss Carr. She took the letter, read and returned it. "She has done what she could for my cause, it seems," she said coldly. "How very generous of her! Do you propose calling out Pinkertons and instituting a general search?" "No," replied Ammon. "I simply propose to go back to the Limberlost and live with her mother, until Elnora becomes convinced that I am not courting you, and never will be. Then, perhaps, she will come home to us. Good-bye. Good luck to you always!"