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 "Oh I shouldn't care to do that," replied Miss Comfort. "I'm settled so nicely here now, you see, Laurie. In a great many ways it is better for me than my other home was. There were so many rooms there to keep clean, and then, in winter, there were the sidewalks to be looked after, and the pipes would freeze now and then. No, I think everything has turned out quite for the best, just as it generally does, my dears."

"Just the same," quoth Laurie as they returned up the hill past the telegraph office, "I'm going in there to-morrow and find out what happened to that message we sent."

"That's right," assented Bob. "They ought to give us our money back, anyway!"

They learned the fate of the message without difficulty the following morning, although they had to make two calls at the office. On the second occasion the manager displayed a telegram from Sioux City. Laurie's message had been delivered to A. T. Gompers, Globe Farm Machinery Company, Sioux City. The date and even the time of day were supplied. At first the manager appeared to consider Laurie and Ned over