foolishness?"

"Why, this," she explained, easily, and exhibited a folded paper. "I

found it in the grate last night."

He inspected it with large eyes. "That's absurd," he said, at length.

"You know perfectly well this will isn't worth the paper it's written

on."

"My dear sir," she informed him, coldly, "you are vastly mistaken. You

see, I've burned the other one." She pushed by him. "Mr. Kennaston,

are you ready for our walk? We'll finish the paper some other time.

Wasn't it the strangest thing in the world--?" Her dear, deep, mellow