Why, I was ready to offer Miss Good a full half of all I have, when she played a heartless jest upon me.

Ran away! Disappeared! I'll admit I was piqued.

I was deeply resentful, but--" Nelson interrupted this flow of extravagance.

"'Miss Good' ?" he said, curiously.

"Why does he call you that, 'Bob' ?" "A secret! A little game of pretense," Gray declared, nastily.