Society demands certain conventions that dare not be intruded upon.” Lolo toyed with some roses on the table at her side--roses he had sent her that same afternoon. “But, darling,” breathed Massington, “what are mere conventions for us two now?” Lolo tore at one of the roses with her teeth. “Oh!” she exclaimed, flinging out her arm wildly toward the ugly green wall-paper of her room that symbolized everything she so hated--“Oh, I know--I know! I do not want to think of them, but I--but we--must, Jason sweetheart, we must! And life so all-wondrous, beating vainly against their iron bars and looking beyond them into paradise. We _must_ think of them,”--a little sob crept from her throat,--“we _must_ think of them!” “Let us think, rather,” said Massington, “of that other world in which we might live, to which, Lolo dear, we might go, and, once there, be away from every one, all alone, we two--just you and I. Let us think of Spain, shimmering like some great topaz under the tropic sun; of the Pyrenees that, purpled against the evening heavens, watch over the peaceful valleys of Santo Dalmerigo; of the drowsy noons and silver moons of Italy; let us think, loved one, of the rippling Mediterranean and of [_Page 295_ OXO-CRYSALENE (established 1864) for Whooping Cough, Spasmodic Croup, Asthma, Sore Throat, Coughs, Bronchitis, Colds and Catarrh. A simple, safe, and effective treatment. A boon to all sufferers. Its best recommendation is its fifty years of successful use. For sale by All Druggists. [_Page 296_ France singing like a thousand violins under summer skies.” Lolo did not answer. Massington waited. “Well?” he asked. (_To be continued in the next number._) WE WE _Being a pocket manual of conversation (English-French) with recognized pronunciation, and containing just and only such words and phrases as the average American needs and uses during the day in Paris._ MORNING