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 Austin did not reply, for his attention had been completely distracted by a sight which had escaped Mr. Johns's notice. As they drove down the avenue toward the gate, a slim little figure suddenly rose on a rock at some distance and waved. Turning completely round in the motor, Austin gazed again upon the velvet softness of those eyes. As he did so, she kissed her hand—doubtless to her grandfather, who fortunately continued to look in the opposite direction. "I'll tell you what I'll do," he was saying. "I'll lend you five thousand if within a month Elise notifies me that she has given up the college idea."

"That's too easy."

"Ha! You think so, do you? She's awfully self-willed." Self-willed! Austin reflected. With those eyes!