Such a miracle has never occurred before!" "Well, it has certainly occurred now; nor am I in this any vain deceiver.

I truly met Miss Spencer.

I was the recipient of her most entrancing smiles; I listened to her modulated voice; I bore her off, a willing captive, from a throng of despairing admirers; I danced with her, gazing down into her eyes, with her fluffy hair brushing my cheek, yet resisted all her charms and came forth thinking only of you." "Indeed?
Your proof ?" He drew the white satin fan forth from his pocket, and held it out toward her with mock humility.

"This, unbelieving princess.
Despatched by the fair lady in question to fetch this bauble from the dressing-room, I forgot my urgent errand in the sudden delight of finding you." "The case seems fully proved," she confessed, laughingly, "and it is surely not my duty to punish the culprit.

What did you talk about?
But, pshaw, I know well enough without asking--she told you how greatly she admired the romance of the West, and begged you to call upon her with a recital of your own exploits.