That mystic 'A' puzzles me." "It's an English notion, I suppose," said Mrs.Montrose.
"But he isn't English; he's American." "Sangoese," corrected Beth.
"Perhaps he doesn't like his name, or is ashamed of it," suggested Uncle John.
"It may be 'Absalom,'" said Flo.

"We once knew an actor named Absalom, and he always called himself 'A.

Judson Keith.' He was a dignified chap, and when we girls one day called him 'Ab,' he nearly had hysterics." "Mr.Werner had hysterics to-day," asserted Maud, gravely; "but I didn't blame him.

He sent out a party to ride down a steep hill on horseback, as part of a film story, and a bad accident resulted.

One of the horses stepped in a gopher hole and fell, and a dozen others piled up on him, including their riders." "How dreadful!" was the general exclamation.
"Several of the horses broke their legs and had to be shot," continued Maud; "but none of the riders was seriously injured except little Sadie Martin, who was riding a bronco.