CHAPTER XXI.

NEWS FROM JACK.

“Paul,” Clarice said, when they were down on the avenue, and she was leaning on his arm, “I’ve had a letter from Jack, and where do you think he is?”

“Have no idea. He is likely to turn up anywhere,” Paul replied, and Clarice continued: “Well, you would never guess, and I may as well tell you. He is at Samona, of all places in the world.”

“Samona? Where’s that?” Paul asked, not at once associating it with Elithe’s home in Montana.

“Don’t pretend you don’t know that Samona is where that Hansford girl lives,” Clarice rejoined, irritably.

It was very seldom that Paul showed any resentment at what she said or