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travelling, you can go anywhere you’re a mind to, without paying fare.

—[With a smile that is half-sad.] It’s more than that, Andy.

—Sure it is. There’s always a chance of a good thing coming your way in some of those foreign ports or other. I’ve heard there are great opportunities for a young fellow with his eyes open in some of those new countries that are just being opened up. And with your education you ought to pick up the language quick. [Jovially.] I’ll bet that’s what you’ve been turning over in your mind under all your quietness! [He slaps his brother on the back with a laugh.] Well, if you get to be a millionaire all of a sudden, call ’round once in a while and I’ll pass the plate to you. We could use a lot of money right here on the farm without hurting it any.

—[Forced to laugh.] I’ve never considered that practical side of it for a minute, Andy. [As looks incredulous.] That’s the truth.

—Well, you ought to.

—No, I oughtn’t. You’re trying to wish an eye-for-business on me I don’t possess. [Pointing to the horizon—dreamily.] Supposing I was to tell you that it’s just Beauty that’s calling me, the beauty of the far off and unknown, the mystery and spell of the East, which lures me in the books I’ve read, the need of the freedom of great wide spaces, the joy of wandering on and on—in quest of the secret which is hidden just over there, beyond the horizon? Sup-