AstheBearCattraversedLilacValley，LindawaspointingoutPeterMorrison\'slocation。ShewastellingDonaldWhitingwheretofindPeter\'sarticles，andwhatafinemanhewas，andthathehadpromisedtothinkhowhecouldhelpwiththeirplantomakeofDonaldabetterscholarthanwasOkaSayye。
\"Well，Icallthatmightydecentofastranger，\"saidDonald。
\"ButheisscarcelymoreofastrangerthanIam，\"answeredLinda。\"Heisawriter。Heisinterestedinhumanity。It\'sthebusinessofeverymaninthisworldtoreachoutandhelpeveryboywithwhomhecomesincontactintothebiggest，finestmanhoodpossible。Heonlyknowsthatyou\'reaboytacklingabigjobthatmeansmuchtoeverywhiteboytohaveyousucceedwith，andforthatreasonhe\'sjustasinterestedasIam。Maybe，whenwecomeinthisevening，I\'llrunuptohisplace，andyoucantalkitoverwithhim。Ifyourfatherhelpedyouatoneangle，it\'saltogetherprobablethatPeterMorrisoncouldhelpyouatanother。\"
DonaldWhitingrubbedhiskneereflectively。HewassittinghalfturnedinthewideseatsothathemightwatchLinda\'shandsandherfacewhileshedrove。
\"Well，that\'sallright，\"hesaidheartily。\"YoucanwritemedownaswillingandanxioustotakeallthehelpIcanget，forit\'sgoingtobenomicroscopicjob，thatIcantellyou。OneweekhaswakeduptheJaptothefactthatthere\'ssomethingdoing，andhe\'sdigginginandhasbegun，thelastdayortwo，tospeakupinclassandsuggestthingshimself。SinceI\'vebeenstudyinghimandwatchinghim，IhavecometotheconclusionthatheismucholderthanIam。SomethinghesaidinclassyesterdaymademethinkhehadprobablyhadthebestschoolingJapancouldgivehimbeforehecamehere。Thenexttimeyoumeethimlookforasuspicionofgrayhairsaroundhisears。He\'stooblamedcomprehensivefortheaverageboyofmyage。YousaidtheJapswerethebestimitatorsintheworldandIhaveanideainthebackofmyheadthatbeforeIgetthroughwithhim，OkaSayyeisgoingtoproveyourproposition。\"