But I'll ask this much.

You'll keep the turquoise if we count it merely a friendship stone, won't you ?" "Yes, I'll be glad to do that.

And I'll weah it at the wedding if you want me to, as my bit of something blue.

I'll slip it down into my glove." "Thank you," he answered, then added, after a pause: "And I suppose there's another thing.

That yardstick keeps all the other fellows at a distance, too.