young man. "You throw a person down into the depths, so that he will appreciate all the more being brought up into the light again."
"Oh, not at all. I have no such dramatic ideas in speaking frankly with you. I merely mean that this forenoon I wish to have to myself, because I am interested in my book. At the end of the forenoon I shall probably be tired of my book and will prefer a talk with you. 1 don't see why you should think it odd that a person should say exactly what a person means."
"And then I suppose in the evening you will be tired of talking with me, and will want to take up your book again."
"Possibly."
"And if you are, you won't hesitate a moment about saying so?"
"Certainly not."
"Well, you are a decidedly frank young lady, Miss Earle; and, after all, I don't know but what I like that sort of thing best. I think if all the world were honest we would all have a better time of it here."
"Do you really think so?"
"Yes, I do."
"You believe in honesty, then?"
"Why, certainly. Have you seen anything in my
