to her, but the father-in-law is a malicious mischief maker."

"If I shot the wrong man I shall always deplore the error. I hope you
take into consideration the fact that he might have shot me! He thought
he had a man at the end of his gun when he popped away at the mirror."

"I'm ashamed that I find it all so funny. Shooting any one can't really
be a pleasant performance for a gentleman of your up-bringing; and yet
you speak of it now as though it were only a trifling incident of the
day's work. The Marquis of Montrose would certainly be vastly tickled if
he knew what his little rhyme has done for you."

"The Marquis isn't in the sketch at all; it's far more important that
you should approve of me in every particular. You spoke of buried
treasure at that never-to-be-forgotten dinner at my sister's. I've kept
that in mind as rather a pretty prospect."

"That cousin of mine is a great nuisance. He's not only bent upon
finding my grandfather's buried money, but he thinks he is in love with
me."

"I have a rival then?" asked Archie, with a sinking of the heart.

"You may call him that," she laughed. "A girl always likes to think
there are others."

"Your camp--you haven't yet told me how to find it?" he said eagerly.

"It's a girls' camp, you know, and the male species is rigidly excluded.
But Ruth will give Mr. Saulsbury full particulars."

"Crusoe found a footprint in the sand! By the way, did my sister May
ever find a summer cottage?"

"She found a house at Cape May, which is much more accessible from
Washington than Bailey Harbor. Do you imagine you can ever tell her all
you've just told me?"

"There are certain confidences permissible between sisters-in-law, so
it's really up to you!" he replied glibly. "Don't trouble to answer; the
Governor's waiting for me."

They walked back to the hotel in the best of humor. As they crossed the
lobby the Governor suddenly slapped his pockets and walked to the cigar
stand. A tall man in a gray traveling cap was talking earnestly to the
clerk, meanwhile spinning a twenty-dollar gold piece on the show case.
The Governor purchased some cigarettes and while waiting for change
nodded to the stranger, who absently responded and began tapping the
coin with the handle of a penknife.

"Not many of those things in circulation nowadays," the Governor
remarked, thrusting the cigarettes into his pocket. The stranger
carelessly inspected the two gentlemen in evening dress and hand