_Dey eats 'em guts and all!_" There was a smothered burst of feminine snickers from behind the screen! All the strength went out of me and I toppled forward like an undermined tower and brought the screen down with my weight, burying the young ladies under it.

In their fright they discharged a couple of piercing screams--and possibly others, but I did not wait to count.

I snatched my clothes and fled to the dark hall below, Sandy following.

I was dressed in half a minute, and out the back way.

I swore Sandy to eternal silence, then we went away and hid until the party was over.