The departure of the rich left the Riches as poor as ever, but as a
result of the eastern trip the sale of the text-books increased a
little, and furthermore the doctor earned a hundred dollars by writing
out his Roman ladies. This was Kate Coggeshall’s doing. She asked him
for the article, sold it for him, and sent him the check. He turned it
over to his daughter for her own use.
Jean used it. Being determined not to break her heart over a chemist,
she decided to study chemistry. Ojeeg was only too glad, now that the
Little Pine had departed for school, to buy the lumber for her and begin
to build her a little laboratory over in the clearing. The boys on the
patrol boat discovered what he was doing, and lent him a hand to raise
the frame.
Meantime Marvin resumed his work. If like Tantalus he was doomed to
hunger, it only made him plunge deeper into the secrets of Jove. His
only dissipation that autumn was to desert his studies long enough to
act as best man while Gratia was transmuted into Mrs. James Endicott La
Hogue.