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May's brougham awaited her at the door, and she was to drive Archer to Union Square, where he could pick up a Broadway car to carry him to the office As she settled herself in her corner she said: "I didn't want to worry Ma fresh obstacles; but how can youher back to New York, when you're going to Washington?"

"Oh, I'? Why, what's happened?" Her voice was as clear as a bell, and full of wifely solicitude

"The case is off--postponed"

"Postponed? How odd! I saw a note thisto Washington toue before the Supreme Court You said it was a patent case, didn't you?"

"Well--that's it: the whole office can't go Letterblair decided to go this "

"Then it's NOT postponed?" she continued, with an insistence so unlike her that he felt the blood rising to his face, as if he were blushing for her unwonted lapse fro is," he answered, cursing the unnecessary explanations that he had given when he had announced his intention of going to Washington, and wondering where he had read that clever liars give details, but that the cleverest do not It did not hurt hi to pretend that she had not detected him

"I' till later on: luckily for the convenience of your fae in sarcas at him, and he turned his eyes to hers in order not to appear to be avoiding thelances met for a second, and perhaps let thes o

"Yes; it IS awfully convenient," May brightly agreed, "that you should be able to meet Ellen after all; you sato do it"

"Oh, I'e stopped, and as he jumped out she leaned to him and laid her hand on his "Good-bye, dearest," she said, her eyes so blue that he wondered afterward if they had shone on hih tears

He turned away and hurried across Union Square, repeating to himself, in a sort of inward chant: "It's all of two hours from Jersey City to old Catherine's It's all of two hours--and it may be more"