ILLUSTRATIONS

[ "Spring," she answered. "Just spring" … Frontispiece ]

[ "What, you, Miss Arsdale?" ]

[ As he studied her it seemed certain that she was by no means enjoying herself in her present company ]

[ Facing her he faced the pendulum which ticked out to him the cost of each new picture he had of her ]

[ He lowered the rails, and Miss Arsdale led the way ]

[ "The kid," he announced laconically. "What yuh think of him?" ]

[ At noon! At the seventh noon, the whistle was to blow! ]