The mayor, mollified possibly by his secretary's last words, sank back again in his chair with the remark: "You have heard Mrs.Packard's distinct denial.

You are consequently armed for battle.

See that you fight well.

It is all a part of the scheme to break me up.

One more paragraph of that kind and I shall be a wreck, even if my campaign is not." "There will not be any more." "Ah! you can assure me of that ?" "Positively." "What are you playing there ?" It was Mrs.Packard who spoke.