As he held the neck of the bottle to the brim of Hine's glass he caught an appealing look from his daughter.

At once he lifted the bottle and left the glass unfilled.

As he passed Sylvia, she said in a low voice: "Thank you," and he whispered back: "You are quite right, my dear.

Interest him so that he doesn't notice that I have left his glass empty." Sylvia set herself then to talk to Wallie Hine.

But he was intent on making her understand what great successes had been his.