The teachers had to tell me when she took a prize; she'd bring it home and keep it in her room without a word about it to her father and mother.

Now, Walter was just the other way.

Walter would----" But here Mrs.Adams checked herself, though she increased the volume of her laughter.

"How silly of me!" she exclaimed.

"I expect you know how mothers ARE, though, Mr.Russell.Give us a chance and we'll talk about our children forever! Alice would feel terribly if she knew how I've been going on about her to you." In this Mrs.Adams was right, though she did not herself suspect it, and upon an almost inaudible word or two from him she went on with her topic.