She goes to the university." "Then call again." "What I said ain't what I meant," Martin confessed falteringly, while he made up his mind to throw himself wholly upon the other's mercy.

"I'm just a rough sort of a fellow, an' I ain't never seen anything of society.

This girl is all that I ain't, an' I ain't anything that she is.

You don't think I'm playin' the fool, do you ?" he demanded abruptly.
"No, no; not at all, I assure you," the other protested.

"Your request is not exactly in the scope of the reference department, but I shall be only too pleased to assist you." Martin looked at him admiringly.
"If I could tear it off that way, I'd be all right," he said.
"I beg pardon ?" "I mean if I could talk easy that way, an' polite, an' all the rest." "Oh," said the other, with comprehension.
"What is the best time to call?
The afternoon ?--not too close to meal- time?
Or the evening?
Or Sunday ?" "I'll tell you," the librarian said with a brightening face.