Jim Cobb went over to Eastborough Centre, so as to drive the team back.
Before going to the station, Quincy stepped into the post office and
found a letter addressed to him in a peculiar, but familiar,
handwriting.
"From Aunt Ella," he said. "I will read it after I get on the train."
Quincy's Aunt Ella was Mrs. Robert Chessman, his mother's widowed
sister.
As soon as the train started Quincy opened his letter. It was short and
to the point.
"My DEAR QUINCY:--Maude gave me your address.
What are you doing in a miserable, little country town in
the winter? They are bad enough in the summer, but in
March!--'Bah! Come and see me at once, you naughty
boy! AUNT ELLA."
"Dated yesterday," said Quincy; "how fortunate. I will go up to Mt.
Vernon Street to-morrow noon and take lunch with her."
When Quincy reached Boston he went directly to his father's office. The
Hon. Mr. Sawyer was not present, but his partners, Mr. Franklin
Crowninshield and Mr. Atherton Lawrence, were busily engaged. Quincy
took a seat at the desk which, he had occupied before going to
Eastborough, and wrote out his advertisement for the New York "Herald.
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