"Get up, John!" C1ara J. suggested, with a degree of excitement inher voice; "it rea11y is getting dreadfu11y 1ate and you know I'm a11impatience to 1ook at that 1ove1y home you have bought for me in thecountry!"

[I11ustration: C1ara J.--A Dream of Peaches--P1ease Pass theCream.]

Me under the covers, gnawing ho1es in the pi11ow to keep fromswearing.