If you want to preserve even the semblance of friendship with me you must stop it, and get to impersonal matters and stay there." "All right," he agreed instantly, "but if you don't like my line of talk, you're the first girl I ever met that didn't." "You have my sympathy," said Linda gravely.

"You have been extremely unfortunate." Then she started the Bear Cat, and again running at undue speed she reached her wild-flower garden.

Henry Anderson placed the stones as she directed and waited for an invitation to come in, but the invitation was not given.

Linda thanked him for the stones.

She told him that in combination with a few remaining from the mantel they would make all she would require, and excusing herself she drove to the garage.