Good-by." And she hung up the receiver, and went to tell Pete to order John and Peggy at once.
"I suppose I ought to have left Alice and Mr.Arkwright alone together," muttered the young wife feverishly, as she hurriedly prepared for departure.

"But I'll make it up to them later.

I'm going to give them lots of chances.

But to-day--to-day I just had to go--somewhere!" At the Annex, with Alice Greggory and Arkwright, Billy sang duets and trios, and reveled in a sonorous wilderness of new music to her heart's content.

Then, rested, refreshed, and at peace with all the world, she hurried home to dinner and to Bertram.
"There! I feel better," she sighed, as she took off her hat in her own room; "and now I'll go find Bertram.