"Yes," returned Betty delightedly. "By then I will know just what I'm going to do." "Very well. Tonight at eight. Good-bye, Betty." "Good-bye, Dr. Cadman," was returned. Betty hung up the receiver, with a great happiness filling her girlish heart. New York didn't seem lonesome after all! "So you have a friend in New York?" pleasantly asked President Gladder, from his desk where he sat writing. "O yes, a friend who is going to help me with my missionary work." "Tell me about him," said the mission president, and he listened thoughtfully to Betty's story of her friendship with Dr. Cadman. "Sounds good," he declared, smiling as she finished her recital, "But don't forget the missionary rules. Whenever he takes you, along goes your companion. Perhaps you would like to know who your companion is to be? I have decided that Dell Siegler and you would be just about suited to one another." "O, I'm so glad," exclaimed Betty. "We did so hope that we could be companions." President Gladder had a way of beaming on the young people, when he had made them happy. "That's good," he returned happily. "Now, Betty, you can be a great power in the mission field, if you put your whole mind and soul on your work." "I will, President Gladder," promised Betty seriously. "I want you to labor in New York for about one month. This Dr. Cadman, will doubtless make it easy for you to be introduced there. After that, you and your companion must go to Boston. So make the most of your one month here and get a room in New York as soon as possible." And with a kindly nod of dismissal, President Gladder resumed his writing, and Betty left the room. "Only one month in New York!" she thought with disappointment. "Well, Betty, you're out for work, not pleasure," she said to herself, bravely. That evening at eight o'clock, Dr. Cadman, called. Betty never forgot the delight of that first interview. He was so kind to her and so delighted with everything at the Mission Home. She felt very proud as she introduced him to the president and his family, for Dr. Cadman was strikingly attractive, and she could see that President Gladder took an instant liking to him. For about an hour they chatted and then on going, the arrangement was made for Betty and her companion to meet Dr. Cadman the following day, and he would help them to find a place to live. That night Betty retired with a heart full of thankfulness--for just exactly what, she couldn't say herself. "You look beamingly happy," remarked Dell, as they undressed to retire. "I feel so," returned Betty brightly. When the light was out, and Dell fast asleep, Betty lay awake for a long time, watching the moon slowly rise over the housetops. "He's just more wonderful than ever!" she declared to herself. "I must think of my mission, though, and not of him. I wonder--" and there Betty left off her thinking and sank into a sweet dreamy rest. ***** The next day, Betty and Dell met Dr. Cadman, as appointed--at his office.