Drawn by F. R. Gruger
“HE COULD ONLY PLEAD WITH HARTLEY TO RETURN TO SHORE”
“Hullo, Connorton!” he cried, when he saw them approaching. “Any other proposition to make now?”
“Why, no, certainly not,” replied Connorton. “We came to see about you.”
“Awfully good of you,” laughed Hartley. “How you do love me, Connorton!”
Connorton’s face reddened, but he ignored the thrust. “You’ve got yourself in a nice fix, Hartley,” he remarked.
“Oh, it’s of no consequence,” returned Hartley.
“Of no consequence!” exclaimed Connorton.
“Not to me,” asserted Hartley. “It may be to you, of course.”
The impractical man appeared to be able to take a very practical view of some matters, and Connorton was the more perturbed and uneasy in consequence.