remembered, she slowly dragged a gentleman from under the wheels
into the light and presented him with ladylike dignity as her
husband, Major-General Camperdown, an American.

"Ah," said Lothaw, carelessly, "I believe I have some land there.
If I mistake not, my agent, Mr. Putney Giles, lately purchased the
State of--Illinois--I think you call it."

"Exactly. As a former resident of the city of Chicago, let me
introduce myself as your tenant."

Lothaw bowed graciously to the gentleman, who, except that he
seemed better dressed than most Englishmen, showed no other signs
of inferiority and plebeian extraction.

"We have met before," said Lothaw to the lady as she leaned on his
arm, while they visited his stables, the University, and other
places of interest in Oxford. "Pray tell me, what is this new
religion of yours?"

"It is Woman Suffrage, Free Love, Mutual Affinity, and Communism.
Embrace it and me."

Lothaw did not know exactly what to do. She however soothed and
sustained his agitated frame and sealed with an embrace his
speechless form. The General approached and coughed slightly with
gentlemanly tact.

"My husband will be too happy to talk with you further on this
subject," she said with quiet dignity, as she regained the