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Rh “You aren’t glad?” she questioned, anxiously.

Some members of the company surrounded them with congratulations, and when they were free they had to hurry out to rescue the rest of the family.

“What did you think of the secret, Daddy?”

“My child, I am past all thought. I wish to be taken home, put to bed, and allowed to recover slowly. I have had a shock of surprise that would kill a less vigorous man.”

“But you liked it? You were glad I did it?”

“I am so proud of you that I am imbecile. Let us go home.”

Richard shook both her hands in silent congratulation.

“Where is Jarvis?” asked her father.

A search failed to find him. Richard made a trip back on the stage, but he was not there.

“We won’t wait, if you will put us into our cab,” Bambi said to him.

He saw them all off, promising to send Jarvis along if he saw him.

“What do you suppose became of him?” demanded the Professor.

But Bambi did not answer. All the triumph of the evening counted for nothing to her now. Jarvis had