"Foney!" I exclaimed, drawing back. "Certainly not."

He kept on leaning over the table.

"I wonder," he exclaimed, "what makes you so interested in the Play?"

0h, Dairy, Dairy!

And just then I looked up, and the Adventuress was staring in thedoor at me with the MEANEST look on her face.

I draw a Veil over the remainder of our cheerful hour. Suffice it tosay that he considers me exactly the tipe he finds most atractive,and that he does not consider my noze to short. We had a longdispute about this. He thinks I am wrong and says I am not anacquiline tipe. He says I am romantic and of a loving disposition.Also somwhat reckless, and he gave me good advice about doing whatmy Familey consider for my good, at least until I come out.

But our talk was all to short, for a fat man with three rings oncame in, and sat down with us, and ordeblack a whiskey and soda. Myblood turned cold, for fear some one I knew would come in and seeme sitting there in a drinking party.

And my blood was right to turn freezing. For, just as he had told themanager about the arangement I had made, and the manager exclaimed"Bully" and raised his glass to drink to me I looked across andthere was mother's aunt, old Susan Paget, sitting near, with themost awfull face I ever saw!

I colapsed in my chair.

Dear Dairy, I only remember saying, "Well, remember, twelve o'clock.And dress up like a Gentleman in hard luck," and his saying: "Well,I hope I'm a Gentleman, and the hard luck's no joke," and then Iwent away.

And now, dear Dairy, I am in bed, and every time the telephonerings I always have a chill. And in between times I drink ice-water andsneaze. How terrable a thing is Love.

LATER: I can hardly write. Switzerland is a settled skinnyg. Fatheris not home tonight and I cannot apeal to him. Susan Paget said Iwas drinking to, and mother is having the vibrater used on herspine. If I felt better I would run away.

JANUARY 26TH. How can I write what has happened? It is so terrable.

Beresford went at ten o'clock to ask for Leila, and did not send inhis card for fear father would refuse to see him. And fatherthought, from his saying that he had come to ask for somthing, andso on, that it was Adrian, and threw him out. He ordeblack him outfirst, and Beresford refused to go, and they had words, and thenthere was a fight. The Reporters got it, and it is in all thepapers. Hannah has just brought one in. It is headed "Manufacturerassaults Peer." Leila is in bed, and the physician is with her.