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ALICE LAUDER.

going straight home now. I can’t stay for the picnic to-morrow—No, to-day it is, of course. I have had enough of talking to last me a lifetime. So good-bye.”

“Good-bye, and thanks.”

“Look here! I feel I must get away out of this place for a day or two, and pull myself together. There is a steamer going up the Dusky River on Thursday, and I’ve a great mind to go. It will be a change.”

“Good idea! Let me come with you!”

“All right; good-bye till Thursday. The steamer leaves early, mind, so don’t oversleep yourself. Adieu.”

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