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 tree! As long as she could remember, she had carefully refrained from burying anything at the roots of her tree which might show upon the fruit when the day of harvest came. She had lived simply, sweetly—yes, and wisely, even to such little things as avoiding those late hours which are sometimes unavoidable if one is "staying with friends."

In short, when Lady Salisbury cracked under the strain at the fourteenth hole (and quite lost her temper for a minute), Charlotte won the next three holes without the least effort in the world, and had not only gained the International Championship and brought the title back to America, but had also solved her Second Great Sum.

With all the handicaps in the world against her, with no one to thank but her brave, old-fashioned, little self, she had quietly emerged from the obscurity of Marlin Mills—and had made herself famous!