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224 Hindu servants with them,—though I hope they wont, I 'm sure," she added, "for I can't bear the creatures; they give me creeps."

"Why?" asked Bobby.

"Oh, I don't know—they do, that 's all!"

"But I want to know why," persisted the boy.

"Oh, hush—you talk too much, Bobs," said his father lazily. "If I had asked your mother to tell me 'why' all through our married life, it would have wasted no end of time!"

"Why?" said Bobby.

"Because she could n't have told me," answered Mr. Fane quietly.

Mrs. Fane blushed.

"I wish you would n't waste time now, talking nonsense," she said, "I want to know what you think Colonel Fane will want to have for dinner; you used to be in India, and you ought to know. And