We have the touring car in the country, and she has been trying to make her father buy her an electric--" "I'm afraid you'll be disappointed in your bargain.

Second-hand cars, no matter what their condition, always go at a sacrifice, and old Lawton is a notorious screw.

Better not let it go for two or three hundreds; you look very sweet driving about in it....

Oh, by the way--I had forgotten." He slipped his hand under her coat, unfastened the chain and slipped the jewel into his pocket.

"I am sorry," he said, with real contrition, "and almost wish I had forgotten the thing; but I am a little superstitious about keeping that old promise." She laughed.