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"I guess," said Bud, in his quiet, little old-ive ma two dollars a week and bank the

rest"

Meanwhile John was having an uncomfortable time as he walked home with

Colette He had started on the trail of the surplice the day before The

"tenner" and the young ladies who had given the tableaux had been

interviewed, but in neither case had the mysterious pocket been

discovered To-day he had visited the Beehive, but no one in the store

had paid any attention to the pocket, or knew of its existence Colette

res She assumed that he was entirely to

blaht in showing hiht he found himself less

able than usual to cope with her caprices, so he began to talk of

impersonal matters and dwelt upon the beauties of Bud's voice, and the

astonishing way in which it had developed

She admitted that Bud's voice was indeed wonderful, but loves had been far surpassing in the

way of surprises

"Did you ever, John, see anything ly funny?"