r. Barrington was big and ruddy-
faced and jovial. He looked around the table and nodded cheerfully as he came in. Mrs. Barrington turned to her youthful guest and said:
“Kate, this is Mr. Barrington. Rodney, this is Kate Coletta, the girl I told you about, who is helping me so wonderfully at Hope House.” Carmella winced at this surprising statement.
Mr. Barrington shook hands cordially with Carmella, who was half-surprised that he did not know her. For an instant she forgot that, well as she knew his affairs, he had never seen her. As he took his seat beside his wife she asked, as an answer to his shout from the hall:
“The Greendale matter proving complicated?”
“No, not that. Just moving a little faster than I expected. Bus line starting next week, and I’ve already got an annexation ordinance planted, to be presented to the aldermen next Tuesday. Richmond arranged it. He’s got our holdings all fixed—all but one little quarter acre or so. Real estate that will shoot
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