"Why no, Sing," she said in reply, "I never saw him before."

"Sh!" admonished the celestial. "No talkee so strong,wallee have ear all same labbit."

"What do you mean, Sing?" asked the girl in a low voice."How perfectly weird and mysterious you are.Why you make the freezing chills run up my spine,"she ended, laughing. But Sing did not returnher smile as was his custom.

"You no lememba tallee Lajah stand up wavee liteclothee in plilate boat, ah?" he urged.

"0h, Sing," she cried, "I do indeed! But unless you hadreminded me I should never have thought to connect himwith our visitor of today--they do look very much alike,don't they?"

"Lookeelike! Ugh, they all samee one man. Sing know.You lookee out, Linee," which was the closest that Singhad ever been able to come to pronouncing Virginia.