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"Helen," I cried, "you are indeed theGod ever created, and--last June you kissed me--"

"I didn't!"

"--Or I kissed you, which is the sa--after the Commencement reception, by the maple trees, in front of the chapter house; and----"

"And thence in an east-southeasterly direction; with all the hereditaments and appurtenances--Oh, you funny Old Preciseness!"

"And now I' in the pose and poise of her--the wonder of her beauty, the htest withdrawal, the start of surprise--that awed ed, hoarsely

For just a fraction of a second she hesitated Then the ain sparkled in her smile

"Ah, but I'm afraid--" she mocked

Her eyes danced with mischief as she dreay from me

"I'reat city lawyer And then--oh, listen!"

Hurried, ostentatiously heavy footsteps sounded in the hall They stopped at the door, and soh, and Kitty plunged into the roo

"Such an idea for--a hippopotas down--er--rushed back to sketch--"

Here she paused to take breath

"--lest I forget"

Snatching off her gloves she resu wild strokes with a crayon on a great sheet of cardboard

"I just had to do it," said she apologetically over her shoulder; "but--don't mind me"