"Thank you for your consideration," he returned, "but I do not think I am in any immediate danger." "Which"-- the other retorted dryly--"betrays either innocence, caution, or an unusual understanding of life.

I am not, now, prepared to say whether you know too much or too little." "I confess to a degree of curiosity," said the artist.

"I traveled in the same Pullman with three of the party.

May I ask the names of your friends ?" The other answered in his bitterest vein; "I have no friends, Mr.King--I have only admirers.

As for their names"-- he continued--"there is no reason why I should withhold either who they are or what they are.