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Rh morning. We are here to enjoy ourselves and not to be worried."

"And yet," said she, "it would worry me to think that that driver frightened us into taking down the sign. I tell you what I wish you would do. Paint out those names and let me make a sign. Then I promise you I will not be worried."

The next day, therefore, I took down the sign and painted out my inscriptions. It was a good deal of trouble, for my letters were fresh, but it was a rainy day, and I had plenty of time, and succeeded tolerably well. Then I gave Euphemia the black paint-pot and the freedom of the sign. I went down to the creek to try a little fishing in wet weather, and when I returned the new sign was done. On one side it read—

On the other—

"You see," said Euphemia, "if any individuals mentioned thereon apply for accommodation, we can say we are full." This sign hung triumphantly for several days,