in, his case in his grimy hand. Said he:

"Where's the rest of that street car article?"

"I beg your pardon," said Selma, starting up and taking some manuscript
from her desk and handing it to him.

"Louis," said Victor, as Holmes was retreating, "Selma and I are going
to be married."

Louis paused, but did not look round. "That ain't what'd be called
news," said he. "I've known it for more than three years."

He moved on toward his room. "I'll be ready for that leading article
in half an hour. So, you'd better get busy."

He went out, closing the door behind him. Selma and Victor looked at
each other and burst out laughing. Then--still laughing--they took
hold of hands like two children. And the next thing they knew they
were tight in each other's arms, and Selma was sobbing wildly.

X

When Jane had finished her apprenticeship, Doctor Charlton asked her to
marry him. Said Jane:

"I never knew you to be commonplace before. I've felt this coming for
some time, but I expected it would be in the form of an offer to marry
me."

She promptly accepted him--and she has not, and will not regret it. So
far as a single case can prove a theory, Jane's case has proved
Charlton's theory that environment determines character. His
alternations of tenderness and brusqueness, of devotion to her and
devotion to his work, his constant offering of something new and his
unremitting insistence upon something new from her each day make it
impossible for her to develop the slightest tendency toward that
sleeping sickness wherewith the germ of conventionality inflicts any
mind it seizes upon.

David Hull, now temporarily in eclipse through over caution in radical
utterance, is gathering himself for a fresh spurt that will doubtless
place him at the front in politics again. He has never married. The
belief in Remsen City is that he is a victim of disappointed love for
Jane Hastings. But the truth is that he is unable to take his mind off
himself long enough to be come sufficiently interested in another human
being. There is no especial reason why he has thus far escaped the
many snares that have been set for him because of his wealth and
position. Who can account for the vagaries of chance?

The Workingmen's League now controls the government of Remsen City. It
gives an honest and efficient administration, and keeps the public
service corporations as respectful of the people as the laws will
permit. But, a