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It ith joy that Lena stood, on Saturday night, with Mrs Lenox and

Miss Elton on the veranda, and hailed the advent of a large red

autoed, besides Mr Lenox, two dress-suit cases and

two young men Mr Percival had liked her in her natural state and with

him she would not need to "put on style" He was to her the shadow of a

great rock in a desperately thirsty land The only kind of pretense that

he deirl, and that

rôle came easily She smiled and blushed and saw that there was a

difference in his eyes when he greeted her from the look he bent on the

other two ladies It was balm to her spirit to think that this man, who

admired her, was hi her; and that they did admire him was evident They were

hardly seated at dinner before Mrs Lenox began: "Dick, I have just been reading your last night's speech at the

Municipal Club and I' with it I want to put you up

on a pedestal and call the attention of Mr Frank Lenox to you He is

one of the innuth and breadth

of the land, who are so busy running everything else that they let city