What more COULD Dal want ?--a lake, and a moon, and that lovely girl! Billy took Mrs.Parker Bangs in a double canoe and nearly upset her through laughing so much at the things she said about having to sit flat on the bottom.

But he paddled her off to the opposite side of the lake from Dal and her niece, which was all we wanted.

Mrs.Parker Bangs asked me afterwards whether Billy is a widower.

Now what do you suppose she meant by that ?" "I haven't the faintest idea," said Jane.

"But I am delighted to hear about Dal and Miss Lister.