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"The squee-rrel or coyote or whatever it was," Mrs Stott continued, "went pitter-patter, pitter-patter--so!" She illustrated with her finger-tips on the oil-cloth

"Prob'ly a chiperous, Mr Fripp?" inquired Miss Gaskett

"Not unless cornered or wounded," he replied, gravely

This was a joke, obviously, so everybody laughed, which stimulated Pinkey to further effort When Mr Hicks poured his cup so full that the coffee ran over he remarked facetiously: "It won't stack, cookie"

Coffee-pot in hand, Mr Hicks drew hi to be excused from such familiarity, and if you wish our pleasant relations to continue you will not repeat it"

"I bet I won't josh hiain," Pinkey said, ruefully, when Mr Hicks returned to the kitchen in the manner of offended royalty

"Cooks are so his pancakes lavishly "I remember that my mother--my mother, by the way, Mr Penrose, was a Sproat----"

"Shoat?" Old Mr Penrose, who co so well in the high altitude

Mr Appel and Pinkey tittered, which nettled Mr Stott and he shouted: "Sproat! An old Philadelphia family"

"Oh, yes," Mr Penrose recollected "I recall Amanda Sproat--she nore the inquiry, and said coldly: "My father was in public life" He ht have added that his father was a policeeration

Everybody felt that it served Mr Penrose right for telling about the stevedore when he was seized with a violent fit of coughing i eyes, he looked from Wallie to Pinkey and declared resentfully: "This is the result of your reckless driving The cork caet relief froue to the puddle I shall have to lick my valise until I can have the prescription refilled in Prouty"

The culprits mumbled that they "were sorry," to which Mr Penrose replied disagreeably that that did not keep hi sympathetically at Pinkey, Miss Eyester, for the purpose of diverting the irascible old gentleht take her first riding lesson

Pinkey said promptly: "This ood of you, Mr Fripp," she said, gratefully

Pinkey, who always jumped when any one called him "Mister," replied bluntly: "Tain't--I wantta"

"We'll all go!" Mrs Stott cried, excitedly

"Shore" There was less enthusiasm in the answer

"We were so fortunate as to be able to purchase our equip out here," explained Mr Budlong "There is an excellent store on the Boardwalk and we found another in Omaha"