Here, I'll write the names of ten places and we'll draw one from my hat." He sat down before a table and feverishly wrote upon the backs of a number of his calling cards the names of as many cities, his companion looking over his shoulder eagerly.

Without ado he tossed the cards into a jardiniere in lieu of a hat.

"Draw!" he said tragically.
"Wait a minute, Hugh.

What have we to elope from?
There isn't the faintest objection in the world to our marriage." "There you go--backing out!" "No; I'm just as willing as you, but doesn't it seem rather absurd ?" Her hand hung over the jardiniere irresolutely.
"It will be the greatest wedding tour that mortals ever took.

Draw!" "Well, then, there's the card.