They mean to stop my annual over-eating,
But it will comfort me to think of yours.
A.P.H.
THE BANK'S MISTAKE.
"I wish," said Francesca, "you would explain something to me."
"I am full," I said, "of explanations of every conceivable difficulty. You have only to tap me and an explanation will come bubbling out."
"I am not sure that I want the bubbling sort. On the whole I think I prefer the still waters that run deep."
"Those too can be provided for you. All you have got to do is to ask."