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"You'll get your lovely dress all mussed," said old Mary

"I am!" Mary would give her mother her sunny smile. "Leslie Perry is going to be here to-morrow night, anyway, and we're going to Thomas Prince's skating party in the afternoon, aren't we, Mother?"

"He's not a big boob, either, is he, Mother?" Mary was swift in defence. "He's not nearly such a boob as Tubby Butler or Sam Moulton!"

"Father said 'NOT again this week,'" Mary might chant.

"Excuse me, Mrs. Gregory. But Dennison took a message from Doctor this afternoon. I happen to know it because Louise asked me if I didn't think she had better order dinner for you. Doctor has been called to Albany on a case, and was to let you know when to expect him."

"Mrs. Gregory, you've dropped off to sleep!"

"No message, Mrs. Gregory."

"My God! Mrs. Gregory, you look very bad, my dear!" said Mary.

"Help me -- some coffee -- Mary!" she whispered. "I think -- I'm dying!"

"I wish the Lord had called me before the day came," said Mary, "me, that would have died for him -- for any of you!"

"I'll fix it," Mary said, with one great sob, and immediately, to Rachael's great relief, she was her practical self.

"And I want some coffee, Millie," she said, "strong; I'm not hungry, but if you have something ready, I'll eat what I can. Did Ruddy come up and get the car to-day, for oil and gas, and so on?"