It is very kind of you, indeed, to take an interest in what I do and what I hope to do, and I am sure Mamma will be fittingly grateful for any advice you may have offered with regard to me.

But I feel obliged to say quite distinctly that I must manage my own affairs.

Pray excuse this freedom, and believe me, yours truly, He gasped, and with wide eyes read the missive again and again.

As soon as his nerves were quieted, he sat down and replied thus:---- DEAR MISS FROTHINGHAM, Your frankness can only be deemed a compliment.

It is perhaps a triviality on my part, but I feel prompted to say that I have at no time discussed your position or prospects with Mrs.Frothingham, and that I have neither offered advice on the subject nor have been requested to do so.