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Killigrew began to smile "How much have you offered him as a salary?"

"Two hundred a month, to be paid out of the funds"

"Janet," said Crawford, "it's a good thing I'ht," agreed Killigrew; "a bargain's a bargain"

"A wager's a wager," thought Kitty

"If you wake up soone"

"Mother and I will attend to all checks, such as they are"

"Kitty, any day you say I'll take you into the firm as chief counsel

But before I approve of your selection, I'd like to have a talk with

our friend Webb"

"He expects it You are to see him on thehave we been married?"

"Thirty years, Daniel"

"How old is Kitty?"

"Mother!"

"Twenty-two," answered Mrs Killigrew relentlessly

"Well, I was going to say that I've learned rew

family in these four ether"

"Soested Kitty dryly

"Yes, indeed," replied her father amiably

And when he returned to the boat-deck that afternoon for tea (which, by