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 Sure,' said the manager.

Let's see them,' said Father.

"The manager brought out a fine large sole-leather case with metal corners, and set it up on a table. 'What do you think of that?' he asked. 'You just put your machine in that and have it checked with your trunk; and when your trunk comes to the hotel, there's your type-writer along with it, and all you have to do is to open it up and go to work,' and he threw the lid back, for us to see. It certainly was fine.

"Then he put the type-writer in and fastened the clamps. 'There you are,' he said; 'you don't even have to take it out of the case to use it; and when you're through, you just lock it up, and it's all ready to go with your trunk; no packing to do, and no waiting for the express company to deliver it at the other end.'

"Of course there was nothing to do but to get it, and my smile surely did get overworked for a while there.

"The case had to be marked 'Fragile—with care,' and my initial; and there were the changes to be made in the type of the machine; so Father told them just to express it to Columbus when it