Patty at once went to the piano, and began to look over her music.
She smiled as she came across "Beware," but she concluded that would
not do for a regular program, though she might use it as an encore.

She made her selections with care, as she honestly wanted to do
credit to Marie's musicale, and then, taking several pieces of
music, she ran up to Nan's room to ask her final judgment in the
matter.

"You'll have a lot of fun out of this, Patty," said Nan, laughing,
as she heard the whole story. "When is it to be?"

"Friday night. Do you know, Nan, I'd like to play a joke on that
boy, between now and then."

"I think you are playing a joke on him,--and, besides, he isn't a
boy."

"No; Marie says he's about twenty-four. He's a civil engineer,
besides being a musician. But, anyway, I've got him guessing. I'm
glad Elise didn't take it to heart, that she wasn't the right girl,-
-but Marie says Elise thinks he's a freak, anyway. And, too, I
believe he's not very nice to girls as a rule, so of course Elise
won't want him. Oh, _I_'M the only girl in the world for him!"

Patty pirouetted about the room on the tips of her toes, waving a
sheet of music in either hand.

"What a silly you are, Patty, with your foolishness!"