Of course you will be our guest until you have proved all things to
your satisfaction, and don't forget that I shall be looking for you
each day until I see you. Meanwhile believe me Sincerely yours, DOROTHY GUIR.

"Devilish strange letter!" said Henley, turning the sheet over in an
effort to identify the writer. But it was useless. Dorothy Guir was
as complete a myth as the individual for whom her letter was
intended. Oddly enough, the man's last name, as well as the initial
of his first, were the same as his own; but whether the P. stood for
Peter, Paul, or Philip, Mr. Henley knew not, the only evident fact
being that the letter was not intended for himself.

Reading the mysterious communication once more, the young man smiled.
Who was Dorothy Guir? Of course she was Dorothy Guir, but what was
she like? At one moment he pictured her as a charming girl, where
curls, giggles, and blushes were strangely intermingled with
moonlight walks, rope ladders, and elopements. At the next, as some
monstrous female agitator; a leader of Anarchists and Nihilistic
organizations, loaded with insurrectionary documents for the
destruction of society. But the author was inclined to playfulness;
incompatible with such a character. He preferred the former picture,
and throwing back his head while watching the smoke from his
cigarette curl upward toward the ceiling, Mr. Paul Henley suddenly
became convulsed with laughter. He had conceived the idea of
impersonating the original Henley, the man for whom the letter had
been written. The more he considered the scheme, the more fascinating
it became. The girl, if girl she were, confessed to never having met
the man; she would therefore be the more easily deceived. But she was
expecting him daily, and should not be disappointed. Love of
adventure invested the project with an irresistible charm, and Mr.
Henley determined to undertake the journey and play the part for all
he was worth. It is true that visions of embarrassing complications
occasionally presented themselves, but were dismissed as trifles
unworthy of consideration.