miss the six-thirty train. What is your plan?"

"It is very simple," said Henry. "Our fathers are both quite
near-sighted, and as six o'clock draws near they will naturally
become greatly excited and nervous, and, therefore, less
observant of small things. I have brought with me some burnt cork
with which I will blacken my face, and I will change clothes with
Lemuel, and, in the one moment necessary to escape, my father
will not recognize me. Lemuel, on the other hand, will whiten his
face with some powder that Madge has brought, and will wear my
clothes, and in the excitement my father will seize him instead
of me."

"Excellent," I said, "but what part do I play in this?"

"This part," said Henry, "you will wear, over your street
clothes, a gown that Madge has brought in her suit-case and a hat
that she has also brought, both of which her father will easily
recognize, while Madge will redden her face with rouge, muss her
hair, don a torn, calico dress, and with a scrub-rag and a mop in
her hands easily pass for a scrub-woman.

"And then?" I asked.

"Then you and Lemuel will steal cautiously down the stairs, as
if you were Madge and I seeking to escape, while Madge and I, as
Lemuel and the scrub-woman, will go down by the elevator. My
father and Madge's father will seize you and Lemuel--"

"And I shall appear like a fool when they discover I am a