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"To-night I will attend to it I regret very much----" Wallie mumbled

Mrs J Harry Stott beckoned hi placed on the table

Mrs Stott had a carefully cultivated ance when she wished to be ian Wallie realized that so portentous was about to be imparted to him Even the way she raised her eyebrowsof which he was ignorant

"You will excusefearfully what she knew and how much

She went on in a voice which seemed to have hoarfrost on it: "But the fact is, I a with the help"

Wallie felt relief surge over hiht-heartedly

"I know that, of course, Mrs Stott, but out here it is different Ca is particularly democratic It has never occurred to 'Red' or Hicks that they are not welcoreatly offended if I should suggest----"

Mrs Stott drew herself up haughtily

"That is no concern of mine, Wallie It is a matter of principle with me to keep servants in their places I am not a snob, but----"

"Sh-ss-sh!" Wallie looked over his shoulder in Hicks' direction

In clarion tones she continued: "I cannot consent to letting down the barriers even in these unconventional surroundings You can adjust the matter to suit yourself, but I ab-so-lute-ly refuse to sit cheek by joith the cook and McGonnigle!"

Wallie grew sole with the tact of a diploe of a lion to convey the information to one of Hicks' violent disposition that he was not fit to sit at table with the wife of the rising young attorney

It weighed on his h breakfast, and he was not made more comfortable by the fact that "Red," stie an audience, tossed off his bon-mots in a steady stream, unconscious that his as not a treat to all who heard hihly desirable, while Mr Hicks brought his tin-plate and, by chance purely, elbowed hireatest assurance

Wallie decided to postpone the delicate talk of dropping a hint to Mr Hicks until later in the day, as he had plenty to engage his attention with Miss Mercy's departure confronting hied with a face of preternatural innocence, declaring that he was shocked that any one should attribute to hi four sharp alder prongs under a lady's blankets Nobody--bar none--had a greater respect for the sex than "Red" McGonnigle!