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"Do you ever write--I s?"

She hesitated for a

to speak the truth-"I write a journal"

I could not prevent erly--

"Oh! I should like to see it!--er--I write one too!"-She was silent I felt nervous again--

"Do you put down your is?"

"I suppose so--"

"Why does one write a journal?--" I wanted to hear what she would

answer

"One writes journals if one is lonely"

"Yes, that is true Then you are lonely?"

Again she conveyed toa personal question--and I felt this to be unjust, because in

justice, she would have been forced to ade

"You explain to me why one writes journals, and then when I presume upon

the inference you snub me--You are not fair, Miss Sharp--"

"It would be better to stick to business," was all she answered--"will

you dictate, please?"

I was utterly exasperated--