Dan smiled down at her and asked no questions. The few words were: "Thank you, daughter, for your self-sacrifice. Now I know that Dan will get well." But their father did not know how serious Dan believed his condition to be. "And he shall not," the girl decided, "not until I have good news to send." As soon as they were seated in the train that was to take them the rest of the journey, Jane said anxiously: "Dan, dear, aren't you trying too hard to keep up? You look so very weak and weary. Let's have the porter make up the lower berth, even though it is still daytime. You need a long rest." Dan shook his head, though he pressed her arm tenderly, but a coughing spell racked his body when he tried to speak. The conductor on the Rock Island was more practical than their former friend, but not more kindly. He motioned Jane to one side. "Miss Abbott," he said, "there is a drawing-room vacant. Bride and groom were to have had it, but the order has been canceled. Since you are friends of Mr. Bethel, I'm going to put you all in there. It will be more comfortable, and you can turn in any time you wish." Jane's gratitude was sincerely expressed. It would give Dan just the opportunity he needed to rest, and the lad, nothing loath, permitted Jane to have her way. How elated the children were when they found that they were to travel in a room quite by themselves. That evening they went to the diner alone, but Gerald was not as pleased as was his sister. "I should think you'd be tickled pink," Julie said, inelegantly, "to be able to order anything you choose and not have Jane peering at what you write." The boy replied dismally: "I can't be much pleased about anything. Don't you know, Jane's staying with Dan 'cause she thinks he's too weak to come out here? I heard her ask the porter to have their dinners brought in there. Julie, you and I'll have to keep quieter if we want to help Dan get well. He's sicker than he was when we started. I can see that easy." The small girl was at once remorseful. "I'm so glad you told me," she said with tears in her dark violet eyes. "I've just been thinking what a lot of fun we're having. I've been worse selfish than Jane was." Seeing that her lips were quivering, Gerald said consolingly: "No, you haven't, either. Anyhow, I think Dan's just tired out. He'll be lots better in the morning. You see if he isn't." But when Dan awakened in the morning he was no better. During the afternoon, that their brother might try to sleep, the conductor suggested that Julie and Gerald go out on the observation platform. "Is it quite safe for them out there alone?" Dan inquired. "They will not be alone," was the reply. "I'll put them in the care of Mr. Packard, with whom I am acquainted, as he frequently travels over this line."