And the baby did not moan. The baby lay there on her bosom, silent and strangely still. Then, with a jerk, our train pulled up. And the girl let go of the rack-rail and stumbled out. "Come on, Sam," she said, "we gotter ’urry. ’E looks so cold." "Wait till I light me fag, then," said the boy. He struck a match on his boot-heel, and followed her, whistling cheerfully. * * * * * Our train moved on. And the elderly man at my right hand imparted a secret to me. "That’s their fust," he said. I nodded, patiently. "’E lay quiet enough when the music started. Did you notice?" "Yes," I said, "I noticed." "They’re funny devils," said the man. *XV* *INGRATES* "DR. BRINK. Important. "DEAR DOCTOR,—Ther is a lady keeps on coming in a motor car, and her names is Mrs. Dudenay-Jones, and she is always at our place, and we think she ’as got a good intention, but my husband says he has had enough, and he thinks if we was to speak to you then perhaps you was to speak to her so perhaps she would stop it. She is a real lady, and always civil and polite, but my husband says we’ve had ennough. His mates has got to hear about it, and they call him Gordon Bennett, and he is a hardworking man. "It is my daughter Kate she takes the interest in, the same what you give the light-brown mixture to for loosing her appetite. She wants to put her in a home at Margate, but my daughter has got a good home of her own, and she do not want to be beholding. And if a person goes to Margate you always bring back vermin, and there is enough work to keep a decent home without anybody need go to Margate and bring back vermin. And further and more, my Kate ’as got a bank book of her own, thank God, and when she wants to take a fortnight she can do it independent, and her young fellar the same, him what has the bottles of red from you for spots on the face. "And so it is kindly to be hoped as you will kindly talk about it to the lady, you being reguly engaged by us for all these year, and knowing well that we are hardworking and independent, and not the kind as would wish to be beholding. And she come 4 times a week from Sat., and now it is only Tue., and she has been twice. It is no wonder as my daughter loose her appetite. "And thanking with compts, "Your faithl, "SARAH BENNET, 13, Markham Street, over against the Dairy. "P.S.—Boy got 6d. Please send a bot. light brown for my daughter. Did my daughter ought to drink a wineglass full of vineger? They tell me it is good. "The lady has always acted civil, so I hope you’ll be the same. "S. BENNETT." * * * * *