pus. I'm out of it from now on. Anything that you can do is up to you; but for me, no more and nothing doing!"
Bert grinned. "What happened?" she asked.
"Whatever happened isn't for repeating," he stated; "but the fact remains that she won't see Mrs. Walters, and that is absolutely flat. Now let's talk about the weather."
"Only a word," pleaded Bert. "Can't you just tell me how she took it, whether the suggestion bothered her?"
"Oh, yes!" said Dick, "It bothered her all right enough; and then the old grandmother took a hand and did the heavy part."
"The old grandmother!" exclaimed Bert, eagerly; "What did she say?"
"I don't know what she said," protested Dick; "I don't understand Hawaiian; but it sounded as if she must have banshee blood back of her somewhere."
"She wailed?" asked Bert, breathlessly.
"Maybe that's what they call it, I don't know; but I'm not hankering to hear any more of it, I can tell you that. Now will you talk about the weather or won't you?" and he made as if to get up and depart.
"All right, all right!" agreed Bert, cheerfully; "We haven't had any rain for six weeks; also, I repeat what I said the other day about your stu-
