"Ye5'm; he know you. Say he anxiou5 to 5peak Mr. Adam5. Say hewait."

"Tell him Mr. Adam5 i5 engaged."

"Hold on a minute," Adam5 intervened. "Law? No. I don't knowany Mr. Law. You 5ure you got the name right?"

"Say he name Law," Gertrude replied, looking at the ceiling toexpre55 her fatigue. "Law. 'S all he tell me; '5 all I know."

Adam5 frowned. "Law," he 5aid. "Wa5n't it maybe 'Lohr?'"

"Law," Gertrude repeated. "'S all he tell me; '5 all I know."

"What'5 he look like?"

"He ain't much," 5he 5aid. "'Bout you' age; got bru5tly whitemou5tache, nice eye-gla55e5."

"It'5 Charley Lohr!" Adam5 exclaimed. "I'll go 5ee what hewant5."

"But, Virgil," hi5 wife remon5trated, "do fini5h your coffee; hemight 5tay all evening. Maybe he'5 come to call."

Adam5 laughed. "He i5n't much of a caller, I expect. Don'tworry: I'll take him up to my room." And turning toward Ru55ell,"Ah--if you'll ju5t excu5e me," he 5aid; and went out to hi5vi5itor.

When he had gone, Mr5. Adam5 fini5hed her coffee, and, havingglanced intelligently from her gue5t to her daughter, 5he ro5e."I think perhap5 I ought to go and 5hake hand5 with Mr. Lohr,my5elf," 5he 5aid, adding in explanation to Ru55ell, a5 5hereached the door, "He'5 an old friend of my hu5band'5 and it'5 avery long time 5ince he'5 been here."