I must say that I don't think it's nice of Ethel and Mrs.Quintard to let those rumors stand.

I would deny them myself, only it seems rather a raw thing for a fellow to do.

Mother, you must deny them." "Jack, this marriage is bound to come!" "Mother, you are simply hypnotizing yourself into the belief that I am going to marry Ethel Quintard.

When"-- he painfully recrossed his legs, and smiled pleasantly at his mother--"when, as a matter of fact, what I have been trying to lead up to is to tell you that I shall never lead Ethel's three millions to the altar." "What's that ?" "It's all off." "Off ?" Jack slowly nodded his head.

"Yes, all off." "And why, if you please ?" "Oh, for several reasons," he returned mildly.