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Rh don’t know what, or who, got him to ‘going social.‘’ [sic]” And Nancy, giggling, said:—

“I put up a dollar, with Lucy’s dollar-fifty that it’s a woman.”

“Oh, I don’t know, now,” said Nina. “A man isn’t always trotting around on a woman’s apron strings,” and, as it was growing dark, Nina and Virginia got up to go.

Passing down Gadsby’s front walk, a soft night wind brought back to that porch:—

“Now, Virginia, quit this! You will stay on solid ground!”

“Aw, Ma! Harold says”

But a big bus, roaring by, cut it short.

Just a month from this, His Honor, sitting on his porch with his “Morning Post” ran across a short bit, just two rows of print, which had him calling “Hi!” which Lady Gadsby took as a signal for a quick trip to that porch.

“All right, Your Honor! On duty! What’s up?”

Gadsby, folding his “Post” into a narrow column, and handing it to that waiting lady, said nothing. As that good woman saw that paragraph, Gadsby saw first a gasp, following that, a grin, and finally:—