FOUL IN PRACTICE "I hope, my dear, that your ride has done you good," said the Rector's wife to the Rector, as he came into the hall with a wonderfully red face, one fine afternoon in October.

"If colour proves health, you have gained it." "Maria, I have not been so upset for many years.

Unwholesome indignation dyes my cheeks, and that is almost as bad as indigestion.

I have had quite a turn--as you women always put it.

I am never moved by little things, as you know well, and sometimes to your great disgust; but to-day my troubles have conspired to devour me.