"Ja, ja, you trow out your feet good. Some day we pay to see you, no? You like to get back already!"

"Ja, danky slum, Dutchy," she said airily, as she sank upon her cool step, stretched her toes and sighed:

"Gee! N' Yawk's the place!"

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Copyright, 1902, by McClure, Phillips & Co.


Meriel

BY MARGARET HOUSTON.

(From Ainslee's Magazine.)