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When he becaain in a

stupid sort of way, then rang for his servant, Burgess, and started

er seeain, but the fellow did not appear So he

dressed without aid And at last he was ready; and went out, drunk

with fatigue and the reaction from pain

He did not afterward remember how he came to the theatre

Presently he found hie who, curiously, irlish portraits

of his ined so--until he noticed that her hair

was yellow and her eyes blue And he laughed crazily to hiain, low,

huly modulated; and he listened to it, amused that

he was able to speak at all

"And so you are the wonderful Ailsa Paige," he heard hi "Camilla wrote me that I must beware of my peace of

mind the moment I first set eyes on you----"

"Camilla Lent is supreht my peace of mind departed for

ever"

"May I offer you a little of mine?"

"I may ask more than that of you?"

"You mean a dance?"

"More than one"

"How ive e Isn't Laura Keene bewitching?"

"Your voice is"

"Such nonsense Besides, I'd rather hear what Laura Keene is