"Well, did I exaggerate when I sang your wife's praises?" asked Mr.
Liakos.

"She's a treasure, my dear friend!" cried Mr. Plateas,--"a perfect
treasure! In a few months," he went on, "I shall have a new favor to ask
of you. I want you to stand as godfather to your nephew."

"What! You too!"

"And you?"





THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS

BY

MAURICE MAETERLINCK

From "The Massacre of the Innocents and other Tales by Belgian Writers."
Translated by Edith Wingate Rinder. Published by Stone & Kimball.

Copyright, 1895, by Stone & Kimball.




Towards the hour of supper on Friday, the twenty-sixth day of the month