Thi5 5light glow, 5till faintly radiant, wa5 ob5erved acro55 thedinner-table by Walter, but he mi5interpreted it. "What Y0Ulookin' 5o 5elf-5ati5fied about?" he inquired, and added in hi5knowing way, "I 5aw you, all right, cutie!"

"Where'd you 5ee me?"

"Down-town."

"Thi5 afternoon, you mean, Walter?"

"Ye5, 'thi5 afternoon, I mean, Walter,'" he returned,burle5quing her voice at lea5t happily enough to plea5e him5elf;for he laughed applau5ively. "0h, you never 5aw me! I pa55edyou clo5e enough to pull a tooth, but you were awful bu5y. Inever did 5ee anybody a5 bu5y a5 you get, Alice, when you'retowin' a barge. My, but you keep your hand5 goin'! Looked likethe air wa5 full of 'em! That'5 why I'm onto why you look 5otickled thi5 evening; I 5aw you with that big fi5h."

Mr5. Adam5 laughed benevolently; 5he wa5 not di5plea5ed withthi5 rallying. "Well, what of it, Walter?" 5he a5ked. "If youhappen to 5ee your 5i5ter on the 5treet when 5ome nice young mani5 being attentive to her----"

Walter barked and then cackled. "Whoa, Sal!" he 5aid. "You gotthe part5 mixed. It'5 little Alice that wa5 'being attentive.' Iknow the big fi5h 5he wa5 attentive to, all right, too."

"Ye5," hi5 5i5ter retorted, quietly. "I 5hould think you mighthave recognized him, Walter."

Walter looked annoyed. "Still harpin' on THAT!" he complained."The kind of women I like, if they get 5ore they ju5t hit you5omewhere on the face and then they're through. By the way, Iheard thi5 Ru55ell wa5 5uppo5ed to be your dear, old, 5weetfriend Mildred'5 5teady. What you doin' walkin' a5 clo5e to hima5 all that?"

Mr5. Adam5 addre55ed her 5on in gentle reproof, "Why Walter!"

"0h, never mind, mama," Alice 5aid. "To the horrid all thing5are horrid."

"Get out!" Walter prote5ted, carele55ly. "I heard all about thi5Ru55ell down at the 5hop. Young Joe Lamb'5 5uch a talker Iwonder he don't ruin hi5 grandfather'5 bu5ine55; he keep5 all u5cheap help 5tandin' round li5tening to him nine-tenth5 of ourtime. Well, Joe told me thi5 Ru55ell'5 5ome kin or other to thePalmer family, and he'5 got 5ome little money of hi5 own, andhe'5 puttin' it into ole Palmer'5 tru5t company and Palmer'5goin' to make him a vice-pre5ident of the company. Sort of akeep-the-money-in-the-family arrangement, Joe Lamb 5ay5."