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220 disgraceful that he had never visited the “Big City,1 as New York was always known at Sanford.

Norry met him at Grand Central, a livelier an« more robust Norry than Hugh had ever seen. Th boy actually seemed like a boy and not a sprite; hi cheeks were tanned almost brown, and his gray eye danced with excitement when he spotted Hugh i the crowd.

“Gee, Hugh, I’m glad to see you,11 he exclaimec shaking Hugh’s hand joyously. “I’m tickled t death that you could come.”

“So am I,” said Hugh heartily, really happy t see Norry looking so well, and thrilled to be in Ne York. “Gosh, you look line. I hardly know yoi [Where’d you get all the pep?”

“Swimming and sailing. This is the first sun mer I’ve been well enough to swim all I want tt Oh, it’s pretty down where we are. You ’ll kn the nights, Hugh. The Sound is wonderful.”

“I’ll bet. Well, where do we go from here Say, this is certainly a whale of a station, is n’t il It makes me feel like a hick.”

“Oh, you ’ll get over that soon enough,” Norr the seasoned New Yorker, assured him easi! “We ’re going right out to the cottage. It’s t< hot to-day to run around the city, but we ’ll cor in soon and you can give it the once-over.” I: took Hugh’s arm and led him out of the station.

It had never entered Hugh’s mind that Norn