subject later.

"Very," said Thaddeus, thinking of the hearty meal he and his
fellow-sufferer had eaten at the club after getting back to town.
"We had a tomato omelet, coffee, toast, rice cakes, tenderloin
steak, and grits."

"Dear me!" smiled Bessie; she was so glad her Teddy had been so well
treated. "All that? Ellen must have laid herself out."

"Yes," said Thaddeus; "I think she did."


All the following week Thaddeus seemed to have a load on his mind--a
load which he resolutely refused to share with his wife--and on
Friday he found it necessary to go up to town.

"I thought this was your vacation," remonstrated Bessie.

"Well, so it is," said Thaddeus. "But--but I've got one or two
matters to attend to--matters of very great importance--so that I
think I'll have to go."

"If you must, you must," said Bessie. "But I think it's horrid of
your partner to make you go back to town this hot weather."

"Don't be cross with my partner," said Thaddeus; "especially my
partner in this matter."

"Have you different partners for different matters?" queried Bessie.