like that, so near the water, COST MONEY. He digressed to tell
them just how property had soared in price, during even his own
time.

"The truth is," he said, "that Lansing, when he picked that site,
picked it for trees, and quiet, and view--it didn't make any
difference to him that it was a corner site, and a little out of
the main traffic----"

"But I LIKE that about it!" Nancy said eagerly. "I love the
isolation and the quiet. Nobody will bother us there----"

Bert saw that she was already moving in. He turned a rather
anxious look from her to the agent.




Chapter Seventeen


Twenty-five thousand. It was out at last, falling like a stone on
the Bradleys' hearts. Nancy could hardly keep the bitter tears
from her eyes. Bert, more hardy, barked out a short laugh. "I'm a
fool to let it go," said the agent frankly; "I'm all tied up with
other things. But I have no hesitation in saying this; you buy it,
put the garden in shape, sit tight for a few years, and I'll turn
it over for you for forty thousand, and throw in my commission!"

"Nix!" said Bert, honestly, "Nothing stirring! It's too big a