She held a responsible position in the shop, and----" "Well, let us sink the shop, and get back to the rational and instructive conversation that we--or, to be more accurate, that I was engaged in when this digression began.

I presume you are aware that all the indications are lacustrine ?" Hereupon, a hammock, suspended near the talkers, and filled with what appeared to be a bundle of lace and silken shawls, became agitated, and developed at one end a slender arched foot in an open-work silk stocking and sandal-slipper, and at the other end a dark, youthful, oval face, with glorious eyes and dull black hair.

A voice of music asked,-- "What is lacustrine, papa ?" "Oh, so you are awake again, Senorita Miriam ?" "I haven't been asleep.

What is lacustrine ?" "Ask the professor." "Lacus, you know, my dear," said the latter, "means fresh-water indications as against salt." "Then how does Great Salt Lake----" "Oh, for that matter, the whole ocean was fresh originally.

Moisture, evaporation, precipitation.