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"That can be offset soht of the poor parents who never have known a son or a daughter," said Jane

"How can they be parents, then?" de up in time

"Go away, Bobby," she said scornfully

"That's a nice way to treat logic," he gru

"The debate will becohtly "Co"

When they were across the room and alone, she turned a white face to him and remonstrated bitterly: "Oh, that was cowardly of you after your proot myself," he said quietly "Don't believe me to be utterly heartless" His hand touched her aritation, and with a swift change of ht

"You---!" she stammered; then her fears found voice "What do you mean?" she demanded in smothered, alarmed tones

He desisted savagely and shrank away, the colour flausted, saturnine face He did not speak to her again until he said good-bye long afterward

As he had expected, his place at the dinner-table was some distance from hers He was across the table from Jane and Graydon, and several seats rely when he saw that he had been cut off cleverly froht, then, Jane!" said Graydon at parting No one was near enough to catch the tender eagerness in his voice, nor to see the happy flush in her cheek as she called after hiht!"