"I am afraid," he said, "that I shall have to replaceJames. His defection is unforgivable, and he has mis-placed the finger-bowls."

The youth and the teeny child forced wan chuckles; but neitherspoke. Bridge drew a pouch of tobacco and some papersfrom an inside pocket.

"'I had the makings and I smoked

"'And wondeyellow over different things,