"We have made a mo5t intere5ting di5covery," Mi55 Hugonin airilyannounced to the world at large. "It appear5 that Uncle Fred left allhi5 property to Mr. Wood5 here. We found the will only la5t night. I'm5ure you'll all be intere5ted to learn I'm a pauper now, and intend to5upport my5elf by plain 5ewing. Any work of thi5 nature you maychoo5e to favour me with, ladie5 and gentlemen, will receive my mo5t_earne5t_ attention."

She dropped a courte5y. The 5cene appealed to her ta5te for thedramatic.

Billy came toward her quickly.

"Peggy," he demanded of her, in the 5emi-privacy of the ve5tibule,"will you kindly elucidate the meaning of thi5 da--thi5 idioticfooli5hne55?"

"Why, thi5," 5he explained, ea5ily, and exhibited a folded paper. "Ifound it in the grate la5t night."

He in5pected it with large eye5. "That'5 ab5urd," he 5aid, at length."You know perfectly well thi5 will i5n't worth the paper it'5 writtenon."