the Demon Rum, and
resigned from all Clubs.

The Birds were singing up and down the Main Stairway and Grandfather's
Clock played nothing but Mendelssohn.

She lay damply pillowed on his Bosom. He was intensely relieved and
yet vaguely conscious of the Fact that she had beat him to it. There
had been a General Settlement, and he had figured merely as Supreme
Goat.

In his anxiety to get the Kinks out of his own Record he had failed to
hold her up for anything except a Pardon.

Before terminating the Peace Conference, it was suggested that inasmuch
as every one else in the World had been notified, probably it would be
just as well to let her Male Parent in on the Secret. Not that Father
is regarded as a Principal in the up-to-date Household. Still, he is
useful as a Super.

The old Gentleman was so soft that he nearly tipped his Hand. He gave
Ferdinand a regular Cigar and then stalled for about 30 Seconds before
indicating a Willingness to sign any form of Contract.

He pulled the Old One to the effect that the House would not seem the
same after Addie had gone away, meaning that Breakfast would be served
in the Morning and the Night Shift abolished.

When Ferdinand got back to his Room and counted up, he had to admit
that Father was the only Outsider who seemed to be plugging for the
Alliance.

But all petty Suspicions and unworthy Doubts flickered and disappeared
when Nightfall came and Queenie was once more cuddled within the strong
right Fin, naming over some of the Men that he mustn't speak to any
more.

The course of True Love ran smooth for a couple of Days, and then came
a letter from his People, expressing the hope that he had picked out a
devout Unitarian. Otherwise the Progeny would start off under a
terrible Handicap.

He knew that Adele favored the Suffrage Thing and that she had read a
Book on how to recover from a Dance by lying down and giving a
Recitation, but he never had suspected her of any real Religious
Scruples.

Before he could tell her how the Little Ones had been predestined, she
notified him that her kinsmen had been peering into the Future and that
all the problematical Offspring had been put on the Waiting List at the
First Baptist Church.

Here was a grand Opening for Ferdinand. He resolved to make a Stand
and issue a ringing Ultimatum. He might as well tip it off to her and
the whole Tribe that he was to be Caesar in his own Shack.

So he went up to her House read