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"It's--it's----" Noble hesitated "I stepped in to--to----"

The druggist opened a glass case "Aw right," he said, blinking, and tossed upon the counter a package of Orduarettes "Old Atwater'd have convulsions, I reckon," he remarked, "if he had to lay awake and listen to all that noise Price ain't changed," he added, referring humorously to the purchase he mistakenly supposed Noble wished to make "F'teen cents, same as yesterday and the day before"

Noble placed the suulped

"Huh?" said the druggist placidly, for he was too sleepy to perceive the strangeness of his custohted an Orduma with an unsteady hand, leaned upon the counter, and inquired in a voice that he strove tothis late?"

"Sure"

"I didn't know," said Noble "I suppose you have more calls for soda water than you do for--for--for real liquor?"

The druggist laughed "Funny thing: I reckon we don't have more'n half the calls for real liquor than e used to before ent dry"

Noble breathed deeply "I s'pose you probably sell quite a good deal of it though, at that By the glass, I --like--like whiskey That is, I sort of supposed so I ist, yawning "It never did pay well--not on this corner, anyhow Once there used to be a little money in it, but not much" He roused hi you wanted 'cept therown pale "I want----" he said abruptly, then his heart seelass of----" Once more he stopped and sed His shoulders drooped, and he walked across to the soda fountain "Well," he said, "I'll take a chocolate sundae"

The thought of going back to Julia's party was unendurable, yet a return was necessary on account of his new hat, the abandonment of which he did not for a , he noticed an old horse-block at the curbstone, and sat down there He could hear the music at Julia's, so to be alrown "Dance! Go on and dance!"