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206 the largest new well in operation for the first time. "Don't you think they would be interested, especially as their own farm will be an oil field next year?"

"We'll take them on a sightseeing trip " promised Mr. Gordon instantly. "I can get a comfortable car, I'll come for you all to-morrow morning. They'll enjoy having dinner at the bunk house, and we'll show them the workings of the whole place. Imagine a person who has lived in this oil country and hasn't seen a well!"

The program was carried out, and the Misses Saunders thoroughly enjoyed the long day spent among the wells. They thought the machinery wonderful, as indeed it was, and marvelled at the miles of pipe line.

Grandma Watterby, as might be expected, was delighted with the turn of events, and Betty and Bob spent a day with her, telling her all that had happened.

"It's better than a book," she sighed contentedly. "If Emma would only go around more, I'm sure she could find interesting things to tell me. 'Fore I was crippled with rheumatism, I used to know all that was goin' on."

The Watterbys had bought a car, and Bob was eager for his aunts to have one. They preferred to wait until it was decided where they