CHAPTER XXXII

The Mackenzie Deals were leaving the morning after Christmas. “Can’t you and Katherine stay longer?” Abbie asked Emma, a little wistfully. “No, Granny,” Katherine assumed the responsibility for the decision. “I’ve had a grand time, but now I must go, for I have a date to-night,—and a blind one at that, . . . a Minnesota U. man.” “‘A blind date.’ For goodness’ sake, Katherine, what is that?” “Blind, Grandmother mine, means ‘not seeing.’ A date is a man with whom to while away a boresome hour or two. There, you have …