en are building orphan lodges
on their grounds, an' there's no tellin' where the good work will
end."

We were interrupted by the entrance of Miss Betsey Smead. She was
a comely, bustling, cheerful little woman of about forty-five, with
a playful spirit like that of Socrates himself.

"This is my _financee_," said Socrates. "She has waited for me
twenty-five years."

"And he kept me waiting--the wretch!--just because my grandfather
left me his money," said Miss Betsey.

"I shall never forgive that man," said Socrates, as he shook his
fist at the portrait. "An' she was his only grandchild, too."

"And think how comfortable he might have been here, and how I've
worried about him." Miss Betsey went on: "Here, Soc., put your
feet on this piano seat. Now you look at home."

"When I achieve the reformation of Betsey I shall have a kitchen
table to put my feet on!" said Soc., as I left them.

Then I decided that I would send him a kitchen table.

THE END

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