t Fiejdmj.arose and went in to the interview. He cared little what the message protended. To nis astonishment, however, Mr. Briggs was mild, almost apolo getic. i "Er Mr. Fielding," he began, 'we have been looking up your record and I wish to say that er with regard to" ydur letter, we have decided that we can afford lo'increase your salary rather khan let you gd." "My letter, sir?" exclaimed Allan,! dazedly. "This is your letter, sir. I be lieve," said Briggs testily, laying a missive before him. "And let me say, Mr. Fielding, that you have pleaded better with your pen Ithart you did yesterday in person. A vacancy is to occur in the audit ing department on the first of the Snonth. It is worth thirty-five dollars a week, and " But Allan only heard dimly, for, stretched out before him, he read the words of his own letter: i'Mr. Jeremy Briggs, Eastern Reserve Realty Corpora f tion. V "I must leave you at once. You will not see me again. Think kindly of me, for I gave you all my devotion, and my entire life and hopes were centered in you. iYours, brokenheartedly, "Allan Fielding." Half a minute later Allan Was at the telephone. Just forty-five seconds afterward he heard La vinia at the other end. -r "1 shall be homt tonight, Al lan," she said sweetly-. "Forgive jrpu? Yes, of course I forgive you, dear. But you will have to explain just why you wrote me such a dreadful formal apology." o o Creamed Beef. Take a quarter of a pound of salt beef and pick into small pieces, put in a saucepan and just cover with cold water. When boiling add from one pint to two pints of milk it depends on how much you want to make. Allow it to come to a boil, then thicken with flour made into paste with cold milk or water. Add salt to taste, as the beef salts it to some extent. Then add a good piece of butter. Break one or two eggs in a dish and pour in gravy, stirring rather briskly to break up the eggs. Cook for a few minutes only after eggs are added. They may be omitted if wished. o o Little Boy (who has just seen his mother dismiss the servant for staying away from home the pre vious night five or six hours with out leave) Mamma, wasn't it very wrong in Mary to stay out so late? Mamma (indignantly) Yes, Charlie, and very impudent, too, she was. But I won't keep such a person in my house. Little Boy When are you go ing to dismiss papa? Yankee, boasting of the great heat experienced in America-: "It's sb hot it burns the wings off the flies!" Pat: "That's nothing to what it is in Ireland! We have to feed hens on ice cream to keep them from laying bofled eggs!'" Ei-i,