"It's all very well," said Judy, two hours later, when, with the licence of an engaged young lady, she said good-bye to her lover at the front door. "You say you do--and--and yes, of course, I'm glad--but Alcibiades doesn't love me any more." "Doesn't he? you wait till I bring him to-morrow!" "But he never came this morning." "Poor little beast! Judy, the fact is I've gone on making the chain heavier and heavier, and this morning--well, it was too much for him. He couldn't drag it all the way: it was a regular ship's cable, don't you know? I came up with him at Blackheath Station, and he was so done I had to carry him all the way home in my arms. He's quite all right again now; I left him at home, tied to the fire-irons in my bedroom." "Then he _does_ love me, after all," said Judy. "Well, he's not the only one," said the Captain. And at that moment came from the other side of the front door the familiar whine, the well-known scratching mingled with strange clanking noises. Next instant three happy people were embracing on the door-mat amid the sobs of Judy, the laughter of her lover, the yelps of Alcibiades, and the deafening rattle of a poker, a pair of tongs, and half a shovel. PRINTED AT THE EDINBURGH PRESS, 9 AND 11 YOUNG STREET. * * * * * Transcriber's Note Punctuation has been standardized. Hyphenation has been retained as it appears in the original publication. The following changes were made to the original text: Page 21, "candelabre" changed to "candelabra" (two brass twenty-lighted candelabra) Page 32, duplicate "the" removed from text (Half the students) Page 39, "accordian" changed to "accordion" (her accordion-pleated skirts) Page 99, "stammererd" changed to "stammered" (stammered half a word) Page 197, "her's" changed to "hers" (he was hers sincerely) Page 276, duplicate "in" removed (Can you call in an hour?)