THE DUTIES OF A SECRETARY It was twenty minutes to four before Arnold reached the office.

Mr.
Jarvis looked at him curiously as he took off his hat and hung it up.
"I don't know what you've been up to, young man," he remarked, "but you'll find the governor in a queer state of mind.

For the last hour he's been ringing his bell every five minutes, asking for you." "I was detained," Arnold answered shortly.

"Is he alone now ?" Mr.Jarvis nodded.
"I think that you had better go in at once," he advised.

"There he is stamping about inside.