THE LITTLE GOD AND DICKY

“Where are you going?” said somebody, as he slunk out toward the hatrack.

He turned like a stag at bay.

“Oh, out,” he returned, with what a vaudeville artist would call a good imitation of a person wishing to appear blamelessly forgetful of something he remembered quite distinctly.

“Well, see that you don’t stay long. Remember what it is this afternoon.”

He turned like a stag at bay.

What is it this afternoon?” he demanded viciously.

“You know very well.”

What?