Roger asked the reason for this and was told that in case the baby did not come till morning the doctor wanted to pull up the shades in order to work by daylight.

"And neighbors in New York are such cats! You've no idea!" said Edith.

She looked out at the numberless windows crowding close about her home, and she fairly bristled with scorn.

"Oh, how I loathe apartments!" "They seem to have come to stay, my dear.

In a few years more New York will be a city without a house," he said.