anged significant Glances.

They tumbled to the Fact that Elmer was not such a much, even if he
did reside at Headquarters. It was evident that he had not been
travelling with the Real Razmataz Rompers.

He was panned to a Whisper next day. The Verdict was in. Elmer was
branded as a Dead One.

He is now in the crowded City, trying to arrange to have his rowdy
Parents come on and take the Cure.

MORAL: Those having the most Time to devote to a Line of Endeavor
usually become the most Proficient.

THE NEW FABLE OF WHAT TRANSPIRES AFTER THE WIND-UP

Once upon a time Ferdinand breathed right into Adele's translucent
Listener those three Words which hold all Records as monosyllabic
Trouble-Makers.

They have a harmless look on the Printed Page, but when pulled at the
Psychological turn of the Road, they become the Funeral Knell of
Bachelor Freedom and a Prelude to cutting the String on whatever has
been put by.

The Serpent, operating in the guise of a Lover in a Serge Suit, had
lured, cajoled, wheedled, and finessed until the poor trembling Child,
only twenty-four years of Age, was alone with him in what the
Landscaper had worked off on her Papa as a Formal Garden.

They stood clinched there in the dull Sunset Glow, with a Pergola for
a Background. It was all very Belasco and in strict compliance with
the League Rules laid down by W. Somerset Maugham.

According to the $2 Drama and every bright red Volume selling for
$1.18 at a Department Store, this was--

THE END

The Curtain began to descend very slowly, with Ferdinand and Adele
holding the Picture.

It seems, however, that they had not come to the real, sure-enough
Finis. The Terminus was some distance down the Line.

The Curtain refused to fall.

"What is the idea?" asked Adele, somewhat perturbed. "We have hit the
logical Climax of our Romance. As I understand it, we are now supposed
to ascend in a Cloud and float through Ethereal Bliss for an
indefinite Period.

"Right-o!" said Fiance. "According to all the approved Dope, we are
booked to live happily ever after."

Just then Her Best Friend came rapidly down the Gravel Walk with
Anxiety stenciled on her Features.

The accepted Swain seemed to hear a low rumbling Wagnerian Effect from
out the Clear Sky. In Music-Drama it is known as the Hammer Theme.

It is included in the Curriculum at every Fem Sem.

Ferdinand had a Hunch that somebody was getting ready to drop Cyanide
of Pota