And now that I think of it, it wasn't absolutely necessary; but when he guyed me about a runaway match, it paralyzed me, and I had to do something, so I swore that I had never heard of such a person as Ridgeway." Grace was too astounded to speak.
"Then he told me of meeting you," he continued, "and that settled it.
Poor old Woods! What a trump you were, Grace!" "You wouldn't have thought so if you could have seen me when I first boarded the train.

My! I was blue! Fortunately, I did not see him until we were nearly here.

Hugh Ridgeway--Ridge, I mean--do you know what I did?
It will make you very angry!" she said as they waited for a cab.
"Nothing could make me angry." This was said ten seconds later, when they were inside the cab and a nervous, smiling young woman at his side was squeezing his arm expressively.

"Driver!" he called out, "go uptown--anywhere--through the park until I tell you to stop!" and turning to her, added: "We'll have a bit of dinner somewhere and then go aboard.

Now, what did you do ?" "Well," she went on, "I actually tossed up a quarter in the compartment to see whether I should go on or turn back." "You did?
Really?
Who won ?" "I did," she answered naively.
"No; I did.