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"I crave your pardon It is such a strain to hold on that I unconsciously gripped your hand harder than I knew You--you will not ed, fearful lest he had offended her by his ruthlessness

"I could notthat does not exist," she said, siht

"You have explained, and I aet how much I owe you"

"Your indebtedness, if there be one, does not deprive you of the liberty to speak tounjust without asking iveness, and when you do that you reat deal toto lad to be your creditor If there is a debt, you shall never pay it; it is too pleasant an account to be settled with 'you're welcome' If you insist that you owe much to me, I shall refuse to cancel the debt, and allow it to draw interest forever"

"What a financier!" she cried "That jest yeas worthy of a courtier's deepest flattery Let ratitude to you You will not perrow less"

"That was either irony or the prettiest speech a woman ever uttered," he said, war over my shoulder in the observation car--" "I was not!" she exclainantly "How did you know that?" she inconsistently went on

"You forget the mirror in the opposite side of the car"

"Ach, now I am offended"

"With a poor old lass industry, I ask your forgiveness It shall not happen again You will ad to read over my shoulder Thanks for that ier to read"

"Since you presume to believe the mirror instead of e that interested ht as much at the time Oh, confound this road!" For half a mile or more the road had been fairly level, but, as the ejaculation indicates, a rough place had been reached He was flung back in the corner violently, his head co in contact with a sharp projection of some kind The pain was almost unbearable, but it was eased by the fact that she had involuntarily thrown her ar his shoulder spasmodically