The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-22
By Mrs. Baillie Reynolds

her in believing it to be true.
 ''The moon came in and bothered me" said she vaguely to which Nada naturally replied:
 ''Then why did you not ring for me to draw them down?'
 "Oh, l > .i. know. was hot and rest less.
 Nada looked anxious. Perhaps I had better take your temperature?"
 No, of course, not. 1 am quite well, only little tired. I will stay in bed, until sec ond dejeuner, and will you tell Dola to cook nice one, and to send word to the palace that Prince Ra and his tutor are to join us? An invitation for us all came last night from the embassy, and I want to tell them about it."
 Varley and his pupil arrived at 12 o'clock and found her in the hammock. They had ridden to the railway station at Veros, to see the queen and the little girls off by train and had made a wide round, over the moors on their way back, so they were {, hungry and healthily tired. As Evadne had foreseen, the expedition to Cloister Isle was much to Ra's taste.
 But you can't go without me-" said Varley, land I don't think his highness is likely to desire my company
 "Oh, you expressly and most courte ously included" smiled Evadne.
 "So?" have they any desire to poison me, do you think? l shall have a nasty pain after eating lobster, and succumb to an at tack of acute cholera, brought on by the hot water and my own imprudence. ~
 "Now you're being rude,' said Evadne. My friends are polite to you, and you return evil for good.'
 "Unfortunately, the world has been left with the impression that Norderner is never good if he is strong enough to be bad with impunity and never courteous except for his own ends. Of course, they know that if they want you to come they must invite your suite.''
 "Her suite! l like that.' observed Ra cheekily.
 "So you think they want me-" said Evadne demurely. That is quite a change, you know. I have been the unnoticed violet for long"
 You might do worse than Theobald he's quite a decent chap" observed Ra,
 They were summoned to table at this point, and Evadne ate so little that Bar Bar was quite distressed. You overtired yourself yesterday" said she responsibility, "it was long, hard day. You must rest all the afternoon"
 "FI stay in the hammock, and MT. Var ley shall read to Ra and me-, said the prin- cess tractably. q know you want to drive over to Veros and call on Madame klota, don't you?"
 "We1l, she has just arrived-and we have not met in years," began the kind soul, who had scruples about leaving her princess when she was not well. However, she was overruled and sent off in the carriage and pair, which she much preferred to a car while the three left behind settled down to hear Varley read the Jungle Book"
 Now Evadne had craftily sent message to Mstitch during the morning to the effect that she wanted some employment found for Prince Ra that afternoon. Very soon, there fore, message came along, borne by Franz, to the effect that some new ferrets were to be tried immediately in the Kings barn. Human nature could not resist such an att traction. Mistitch himself was to be pres ent, and the Kings orders were that Ra was always to be allowed to go anywhere with the headman. Leave was accordingly grant ed, and the happy boy ran off, leaving Hum phrey and the princess together.
 The young man, having lit pipe at her invitation, leaned back in his desk chair and contemplated her as earnestly as he could without staring obviously. A. silence fell, and he was about to break it by suggesting that he would read aloud, since he felt that unless otherwise occupied he might speak unadvisedly with his lips, when Evadne be-