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 —gave him no trouble now. Purposes possessed him and made him happy.

He continued at his business of selling cars with which he combined efforts to sell his partnership; but Snelgrove had no idea of buying him out and remaining in business by himself and many a partnership was for sale in these days.

"I'll be lucky to get ten thousand for my interest now," he reported to Alice, after he had been busy for several weeks and just after the President had called for April second the special congress which already was named the war congress. David added, "And I'll get less later; so I'll take what I can get to-morrow."

"Yes," said Alice. "I would." She drew close to him and then, in order to discuss their future calmly, she drew away.

"When you go, I'll move back to father's, unless you'd rather I stayed here."

"No; that wouldn't be sensible at all," he said.

"But I'll keep the house ours. I just can't give it up, David. It's our place where I've been with you."

"You'll have from me," said David, "probably the pay of an army lieutenant, at most. And we've only a lease till May."

Then she told him, "The owners aren't coming back, on account of the war. They want to sell or lease; so let's lease even if I have to sublet to keep this house ours."

David procured a bona fide offer of ten thousand dollars for his partnership, including stock and his in-