CHAPTER XX

ARCHIBALD’S CHANGE FOR THE BETTER

So Archibald Hollister found himself the New York manager of a large Ohio Realty Company, with four clerks under him and a couple of handsome offices; and Mr. Casey was proud of his personal appearance, for Archibald was a handsome man.  One of the clerks was the young fellow who on Christmas eve had played Money Musk for them to dance the Virginia Reel, and whose mother received on the following morning the Christmas basket from Mr. Casey.

“Now yere where ye belong,” said the kind-hearted man.  “I tell ye, Mr. Hollister, an honest employee should have been appreciated, and ye were not.”

The family moved from the house and took a pretty apartment overlooking the Park.  They were delighted with the change and every day Ethel took long walks around the reservoir.

Mr. Casey began to renovate the interior of the house and modernize the outside.

The family lived in the limousine, and everyone seemed happy.  Aunt Susan did not go home with Tom but stayed on until the family were settled in their new house.  Then Tom who only wished for an excuse came on East for her.  It was nearly Easter.  They persuaded him to stay over, which he did.

And so here we shall leave them.  After one more year there will be a double wedding, and Ethel and Nora will marry.  We see Harvey making rapid strides in his profession, and Tom building a pretty home for his Ethel, while Aunt Susan will be busy embroidering towels, napkins, etc., for their linen chest; and not only for them, but for Nora as well, for was it not through Nora and Mr. Casey that much of their happiness came?