ad waiter had to jump from his own unfinished meal, and run to pull out his chair; and Gaites saw that he left at his table the landlord's family, the clerk, the housekeeper,

he had despatched the coffee and steak which formed his breakfast, with a wholly unreasoned impulse to offer her some sort of reparation for the slight the conditions put upon her. He found her sitting on the veranda beside the friendly tabby of his last night's acquaintance, and far, apparently, from feeling the ne

o tell her all about his pursuit of Miss Desmond's piano, as something that would peculiarly interest Miss Desmond's friend; but though she admitted the force of his reasoning as to their common concern in the fate of the piano, and had allow

eft Boston fully two weeks ago, and it seems to have been wandering round to the ends of the earth ever since. The first of last week, I heard from it at Kent Harbor, of all places! I got a long despatc

ment to come out with the history of hi

er they happen to have a f

e," said Gaites, wi

body there by the nam

now Mrs. Maze. She h

Mrs. Maze should be teleg

nced the laughing explanation which Gaites had almost upon his tong

long time on the way, and did it out of

ectured, but it seemed to confirm

hould like to be

that his lips should be forever sealed concerning them. She never would take them in the right way. But he experimented with one suggest

other's name; and I wonder they didn't call me for

he hop the night before now proposed from the social backgroun

he piano-stool with her back to the instrument. She now wheeled upon the stool, and struck some chords. "I wish you'd

for her," said the e

id Miss

ught Miss Axewright, and I have th

t either of you find it

ex-master of ceremonies.

in the case

y intricate," said Gait

confided: "That name is a very tender spot with Miss Desmond. She's alwa

Gaites. "But what I can't understand is

greatly edified. "

ink I

, the best of them. There isn't a girl living that really likes to have another girl praised by a man, or anything about her, I don't care who the man is. It's a fact, whether you belie

of exhaustive intelligence a