If a person--" "You have said quite enough," said Aleck, coldly; "let the subject be dropped." "I'M willing," fervently responded Sally, wiping the sweat from his forehead and looking the thankfulness he had no words for.

Then, musingly, he apologized to himself.

"I certainly held threes--I KNOW it--but I drew and didn't fill.

That's where I'm so often weak in the game.

If I had stood pat--but I didn't.