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Miss Macpherson replied in the negative

"He irl, and attractive, but I could see that she did not interest hi to thread a needle without her glasses, observed succinctly: "Men are funny"

She intended to qualify her state that some are funnier than others, only, before she had time to do so, an excla Miss Macpherson's unbelieving stare she saw Helene and Wallie getting out of the nized as " needded people and she was seldo this line sometimes amounted to clairvoyancy, but, in this instance, no one needed to be supernaturally gifted to recognize the earmarks, for no man could look so radiantly happy as Wallie unless he had inherited a irl he wanted

Miss Mary Macpherson threw her arms about her nephew's neck and kissed hily incoh starched collar in summer, and the others welcorowupon hienuine fondness, that only a few shortto hi is, a single neck that heit

Above the volley of questions and chatter he heard old Mr Penrose's querulous voice reproaching hirace to be asha us, Wallace!"

"If I look sheepish," Wallie replied, s, "it may be due to the nature of my new occupation You see," in reply to their looks of inquiry, "Canby bought et rid of me, and for a far more munificent sum than I ever expected I re-invested, and aroith one Mr Fripp engaged as foreman" Wallie's eyes twinkled as he added: "I trust that the percentage of loss will not be so great as in the dude business"