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Nature abhors a vacuuearnished, with "Welcoirl seeirl he had ever seen She was the third prettiest He had an orderly irls But there was a subtle so about her, a sort of how-shall-one-put-it, which he had never encountered before He sed convulsively His well-developed chest swelled beneath its covering of blue flannel and invisible stripe At last, he told hiht, too, which made it all the more impressive He doubted whether in the whole course of history anything like this had ever happened before to anybody Oh, to clasp this girl to him and-But she had bitten hiht spirit That, he felt, constituted an obstacle

"Oh, I'retted her rash actAfter all, an iht bite a man in the arm in the excitement of the moment and still have a sweet, womanly nature

"The crowd seeht have remained mystified, but at this juncture there proceeded froirl's lower ribs a sharp yapping sound, of such a calibre as to be plainly audible over the confused noise of Ma Sadies to be sure and write, of Bills ere instructing Dicks to look up old Joe in Paris and give hiazine-boys, A their wares on every side

"I hope he didn't hurt you much You're the third person he's bitten to-day" She kissed the aniratulatory way on the tip of his black nose "Not counting bell-boys, of course," she added And then she ept fros he s which just make a bit of difference on these occasions

He had said nothing Not a sound, exclusive of the first sharp yowl of pain, had proceeded froled A rotten exhibition! Perhaps he would never see this girl again She looked the sort of girl who comes to see friends off and doesn't sail herself And what memory of him would she retain? She would mix him up with the time when she went to visit the deaf-and-dumb hospital