Then there is the chance of White's coming back and my going to Lunnon, which would please me now more for what I think I could make of it than what I think others have made of it.

If I had gone to McClure I would have been shelved and side-tracked, and I am still in the running, and learning every day.

Brisbane and I have had our first serious difficulty over Mrs.R----, who is staying with Mrs."Bill." There is at present the most desperate rivalry, and we discuss each other's chances with great anger.

He counts on his transcontinental knowledge, but my short stories hit very hard, and he is not in it when I sing "Thy Face Will Lead Me On" and "When Kerrigan Struck High C." She has a fatal fondness for Sullivan, which is most unfortunate, as Brisbane can and does tell her about him by the half hour.

Yesterday we both tried to impress her by riding down in front of the porch and showing off the horses and ourselves.