“Oh, no, they won’t!” Babe’s tone was tragic. “They---- Oh, Betty, I’ve just got to tell some one. John says he simply can’t stand it any longer. He’s talked to Mr. Benson about it, and he has been asking Mr. Trevelyan about the chances for a young man in Australia. Mr. Benson has some kind of a big business that his guardian is managing for him until he’s through college, and he says he will ask the guardian to give John a position there. But John thinks Australia would be better, because you can always earn more in a wild country, and then besides, if his father objected, he would be away off there and he could just go ahead with his plans.”