"Read it." Captain Elisha took the paper, drew his spectacle case from his pocket, adjusted his glasses and read.

The item was among those under the head of "Personal and Social." It was what he expected.

"The engagement is to-day announced of Miss Caroline Warren, daughter of the late A.
Rodgers Warren, the well-known broker, to Mr.Malcolm Corcoran Dunn, of Fifth Avenue.

Miss Warren, it will be remembered, was one of the most charming of our season-before-last's debutantes and--" etc.
The captain read the brief item through.
"Yes," he said, slowly, "I see." Pearson looked at him in amazement.
"You _see_!" he repeated.

"You--Why! _Did you know it_ ?" "I've been afraid of it for some time.