"Most assuredly I do. Nothing is more charming than the frank comradeship of girls and boys, and that is why I am so sorry to see them spoil it with sentimentality. They ought to be good friends, helping each other, having jolly good times together, but never in ways that will bring a blush to the cheeks of either, now, or in the years to come." A rap sounded on the door and the maid entered with a note which she gave to the doctor, who handed it to Carl, saying, "Here is the note for Miss Bell. I have kept you waiting a long time, but I hope it has not been unprofitable." "Indeed it has not. I am ever so much obliged to you, I am sure." "And if you ever wish to talk to me again you will feel free to come, will you not?" "Yes, ma'am, I surely will," answered the lad with a frank clasp of the hand. "Wait a moment," said the doctor, "I have just thought of a little book that I am sure you will be interested in reading. It is called 'A Gateway and a Gift,' and it deals with some of the questions we have been talking about this evening. You can lend it to some of your boy friends if you wish." "Thank you," said Carl, taking the book which the doctor handed him, and then with another "Good night," he walked away in the darkness. The note which he gave to Miss Bell the next morning read merely: "Don't say anything to Carl. Just wait." If Miss Bell had seen a note slipped by Carl into Susie Glenn's hand an hour later she might have thought it an evidence that the doctor's plan had failed. But had she read the note her opinion would have been that it had succeeded. It read: "Dear Susie:--It was real mean of me to write that note yesterday. Will you forgive me? Say, Susie, I think all this nonsense about lovers and sweethearts is silly rot, don't you? Let's be just friends. Respectfully yours, CARL." Susie's answer was short but to the point. It read: "All right. Let's. SUSIE." Several months later Miss Bell and Miss Lane called again on Dr. Barrett. "Have you come with another problem?" asked the doctor. "No, we have come to report progress and to learn, if possible, just how it has come about. There has been a wonderful change in the school. The girls and boys are no less friendly, but it is without that silly sentimentality which was so annoying. They are now just real good comrades, and seem to help each other in being orderly, polite, and studious. How did you do it?"