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Aunt Susan and Tom were delighted . `` I always liked him , '' she said . `` Anyone who looks me square in the eye , Mr. Casey , I 'll bank on every time . '' It was long after midnight when the Xmas party broke up . The young man who had always played at Mrs. Hollister 's teas for the sum of three dollars played the Virginia Reel , and everyone danced , -- even Grandmother . Mr. Casey took so many funny fancy steps that it was hard to get him through with the figures , after which Nora and Ethel showed the elderly people how to dance the turkey trot , which of course was shocking . When the young musician left he was richer by fifty dollars -- gifts of Mr. Casey , Tom Harper , and Mrs. Hollister , for she told of how lovely his mother was and how she had been her bridesmaid .