"'Why did you choose the costume of the Sphinx for the ball?'
"Her reply astonished me, as it will you. She said:
"'Why, I did not represent the Sphinx. I was dressed as Isis.'
"A strange coincidence, was it not?"
IX
A PROMISSORY NOTE
Mr. Mitchel walked into the office of Mr. Barnes one afternoon as the clock struck two.
"Here I am, Mr. Barnes," said he. "Your note asked me to be here at two, sharp. If your clock is right, I have answered your summons to the second."