Today's Stichomancy for Nellie McKay

not one! He understood that Jamaica was expressly named to the Admiral for resting and overhauling. Careen the _Margarita_ there and rectify the wrong--which he trusted was not great. If ships had been idle and plentiful--but he could not splinter any from the fleet that was sailing to-morrow. He was sorry--and trusted that the Admiral was in health?

Terreros said, ``His ship is worse off than you think, Excellency. He has great things to do, confided into his hands by the Sovereigns who treasure him who found all. Here is emergency. May we carry to him invitation to

"Wait, I'll help you," she said. She came into the room, up to the table, and moved the pamphlets to one side.

"Thanks, thanks," murmured Old Grannis, setting down the tray.

"Now--now--now I will go back," she exclaimed, hurriedly.

"No--no," returned the old Englishman. "Don't go, don't go. I've been so lonely to-night--and last night too--all this year--all my life," he suddenly cried.

"I--I--I've forgotten the sugar."

"But I never take sugar in my tea."

"But it's rather cold, and I've spilled it--almost all of

McTeague

Not in cash, of course, but in shares that he could do something with--and before he's done with it, I'm told, he's going to make twice that amount of money out of it. That'll show you what London is like."

"Yes--I suppose they do those things," remarked Tavender, vaguely.

"Well--my point is that perhaps I can do something or other with this concession of yours here. I may even be able to get my money back on it. At any rate I'll take my chances on it--so that at least you shan't lose anything by it. Of course, if you'd rather try and put it on the market yourself, why go ahead!" There was

The Market-Place

always to speak the truth; the third, or most temperate, forbids him to allow any pleasure to be lord over him, that he may be accustomed to be a freeman and king indeed,--lord of himself first, and not a slave; the most valiant trains him to be bold and fearless, telling him that if he fears he is to deem himself a slave; whereas Pericles gave you, Alcibiades, for a tutor Zopyrus the Thracian, a slave of his who was past all other work. I might enlarge on the nurture and education of your rivals, but that would be tedious; and what I have said is a sufficient sample of what remains to be said. I have only to remark, by way of contrast, that no one cares about your birth or nurture or education, or, I may say, about that of any other Athenian, unless he has a lover who looks after him. And if you cast