tell you in a word--she hypnotized you. I always said you were a grand
subject."
I looked him in the face for a minute, during which he made an heroic
attempt to be serious. But it was too much for him. Presently he gave
one great shout of hilarity which you could have heard half-way down the
street, and then rolled about in his chair uncontrollably.
"You seem to find it amusing," said I, "but I fail to catch the point."
"You'll be seeing it by-and-by," said he, and at that he went off to the
club to be first with it.
THE END.
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_Shortest Route._
_Beautiful Scenery._
VIA
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
BETWEEN
Cincinnati Asheville
Chattanooga Columbia
Birmingham Savannah
New Orleans Jacksonville
Shreveport Miami
Texas and California Points
_Beautiful illustrated Battlefield folder sent on application._
For rates, etc., address
W. C. RINEARSON
General Passenger Agent
CINCINNATI, O.
"Down where the living waters flow."
HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.
The best patronized Winter resort in the United States. All the hotels
now open. Golf, lawn tennis, cricket, base ball, the best of saddle and
driving horses, and other outdoor sports. The
Iron Mountain Route
Is the old reliable and most direct line. Less than twelve hours from
St. Louis and twenty-one hours from Chicago, with through Compartment
and Standard Sleeping Cars and Free Reclining Chair Cars. Pamphlets
telling all about it from any agent of the Company.
W. E. HOYT
G. E. P. AGENT, 335 BROADWAY
NEW YORK, N. Y.
H. C. TOWNSEND,
GENERAL PASSENGER AND TICKET AGENT
ST. LOUIS, MO.
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[Transcriber's Notes:
Italic typeface in the original book is indicated with _underscores_.
Minor changes have been made to correct typesetters' errors; otherwise,
every effort has been made to remain true to the author's words and
intent.
Page 38, changed "a" to "at" ("a customer at Dieppe").
Page 140, changed "absense" to "absence" ("the utter absence of clue").
Page 150, added the word "all" ("they all of a sudden").
Page 217, changed "colour" to "color" ("upon a glow of color").
Page 267, changed "conversatory" to "conservatory" ("rigged up in her
conservatory").
The following spelling variants have been retained as printed:
"Dunholm" and "Dunholme"
"Kennet" and "Kennett"]