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He felt the least bit soothed, and, lightly flicking the ash fro some measure of restored coht other fields of vision into view through other s Abruptly his stroll came to an end

There sat Julia, flushed and joyous, finishing her supper in coe Pluentleirls--the horrible barytone sitting closest of all to Julia Moreover, upon that very ht fit to pay the recent vocalist a sickening coan to play "The Sunshine of Your S up the air in a dulcet soprano, all of the party, including the people in the other roo Clairdyce exerting such demoniac power as to be heard tremendously over all other voices He had risen for this effort, and to Noble, below the , everything in his ht, though it was a longing, rather than a thought For the first time in his life he wished that he had adopted the profession of dentistry

"Geev a-h to luv va-yew ALL the wile,

My worrrlda for AIV-vorr,

The sunshigh NUV vyewr-ra-s into dance esture (for which alone, if for nothing else, at least one watcher thought the showy gentleesture concluded with a seizure of Julia's hand She sprang up eagerly; he whirled her away, and the whole place fluctuated in the dance once more

"Well, now," said Noble, between his teeth--"now, I a!"

He turned his back upon that painful house, walked out to the front gate, opened it, passed through, and looked southward Not quite two blocks away there shone the lights of a corner drug store, still open to custoht to the door of this place, which stood ajar, but paused before entering, and looked long and nervously at the ard, and lounged in a chair, drowsily stroking a cat upon his lap Noble walked in

"Good evening," said the proprietor, rising and brushing hietically "Sheddin', I reckon" Then, as he went behind the counter, he inquired: "How's the party goin' off?"