He realized, in the course of time, that he had never been very confident of any other answer; but nothing is more certain than that it acted as a curious stimulus to his interest in Elfrida's work.

He found a co-enthusiast in Golightly Ticke, and on more than one occasion they agreed that something, must be done to bring Miss Bell before the public, to put within her reach the opportunity of the success she deserved, which was of the order Mr.Rattray described as "screaming." "So far as the booming is concerned," said Mr.Rattray to Mr.Ticke, "I will attend to that; but there must be something to boom.

We can't sound the loud tocsin on a lot of our own paras.

She must do something that will go between two covers." The men were talking in Golightly's room over easeful Sunday afternoon cigars; and as Rattray spoke they heard a light step mount the stairs.

"There she is now," replied Ticke.