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 cake. Wade laid aside two sandwiches, an apple and a banana and returned the rest to the paper. It didn't make a very attractive package, he had to confess, but he didn't believe that the occupants of the drawing room were in a mood to be over critical. Package in hand, he went back to the second sleeper.

What an ass he had been not to have thought of the drawing-rooms! It had happened, however, that the door of each had been closed when he had made his search and their presence had never occurred to him. Well, all was well that ended well! The smoking room was crowded, so he put his head around the comer into the aisle and found the porter busy a few berths away. That worthy came at his call, and his frowns smoothed themselves away at sight of the dollar bill which Wade diplomatically exhibited.

"Porter," he explained, "I want you to take this bundle of sandwiches and fruit to the party in the drawing-room. Just