out of a blind man's hat." Mannie roared with delight.

"Gee!" he shouted, "but that's a hot one."

"Besides," said Vera consciously, "I'm -- I'm expecting some
one."

The manner more than the words thrilled Mabel with the most
joyful expectations.

She exclaimed excitedly. "A gentleman friend, Vera?" she asked.

That Vera shunned all young men had been to Mabel a source of
wonder and of pride. Even when the young men were the friends of
her husband and of herself, the preoccupied manner with which
Vera received them did not provoke in Mabel any resentment. It
rather increased her approbation. Although horrified at the
recklessness of the girl, she had approved even when Vera
rejected an offer of marriage from a wine agent.

Secretly, for a proper alliance for her, Mabel read the society
columns in search of eligible, rich young men. Finding that they
invariably married eligible, rich young women, she had lately
determined that Vera's destiny must be an English duke.

Still if, as she hoped, Vera had chosen for herself, Mabel felt
assured that the man would prove worthy, and a good match. A
good match meant one who owned not only a runabout, but a
touring car.