MY DREAM-WIFE.
"I told her that I was a poor soldier of fortune, but might I only wear her name in my bosom, it would be a sacred talisman, and give strength to my arm; and she sighed and looked lovely, and she did not say me nay."
"Hurrah! Hal—who do you guess is engaged?"
"I don't know."
"Guess."
"I couldn't guess."
"Why, Miss Ellery—engaged to Bill Marshall."