MR.

BULLSOM GIVES A DINNER-PARTY "God bless my soul!" Mr.Bullsom exclaimed.

"Listen to this." Mrs.
Bullsom, in a resplendent new dress, looking shinier and fatter than ever, was prepared to listen to anything which might relieve the tension of the moment.

For it was the evening of the dinner-party, and within ten minutes of the appointed time.

Mr.Bullsom stood under the incandescent light and read aloud "The shooting-party at Enton yesterday consisted of the Marquis of Arranmore, the Hon.