sez Lummox. 'This is an episoode o' protracted humor,' sez she,
'and I'M bound to have a show in it somehow!'"

"Well!" said Mrs. Bigsby breathlessly; "then he DID marry her?"

"Darned ef I know. He never said so straight out--but that's like
Lummox."



STORIES THREE

BY R--DY--D K--PL--G


I

FOR SIMLA REASONS


Some people say that improbable things don't necessarily happen in
India--but these people never find improbabilities anywhere. This
sounds clever, but you will at once perceive that it really means
the opposite of what I intended to say. So we'll drop it. What I
am trying to tell you is that after Sparkley had that affair with
Miss Millikens a singular change came over him. He grew abstracted
and solitary,--holding dark seances with himself,--which was odd,
as everybody knew he never cared a rap for the Millikens girl. It
was even said that he was off his head--which is rhyme. But his
reason was undoubtedly affected, for he had been heard to mutter