“Sato, take that stuff out.” He pointed to the untouched whiskey. “Order supper at ten o'clock—for five people. Champagne. Orchids. Get me a taxicab in half an hour.”

“Yisso!”

Tinker rose, astounded. “Taxicab? Where you—”

“To Brooklyn!” shouted Potter with shining eyes. “She'll drive with me if I bring them both, I guess, won't she?”

He began to sing:

“For to-night we'll merry, merry be!
For to-night we'll merry, merry be—”

Leaping uproariously upon the aged Tinker, he caught him by the waist and waltzed him round and round the room.

THE END