"And, by the way, the little girl that has set me to thinking in such good earnest is a friend of yours, too,--Miss Neilson.

I met her in Paris.

She was on our yacht all last summer." Three men sat suddenly erect in their chairs.
"Billy ?" cried three voices.

"Do you know Billy ?" "To be sure! And you do, too, she says." "Oh, no, we don't," disputed Bertram, emphatically.

"But we WISH we did!" His guest laughed.
"Well, I fancy you DO know her, or you wouldn't have answered like that," he retorted.