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 was the railroad fare and the dog, he objected. Mr. Patterson promptly agreed to settle the former and Patty said,

“Why, we will send Cairlo along. Bateese loves him, and the father will be so perfectly delighted to get his little boy back he will gladly take the dog in too. We can send them as if they came from the orphanage. ‘With Mother Alice’s affectionate regards’ —or something like that—and then the father will leave the poor sisters alone and everything will be all right. Why, it will be just splendid.” The spirits of the grown-up members of the party rose twenty points, and when Jim remembered that the next train was due in an hour they decided to drive to the village at once, obtain tags from the express company, label Bateese and the dog, and ship them off to Montreal, sending a message by the conductor to be wired from the first Rh