MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY 



tleman's club, and he may think it incom- 

 patible with feminine dignity for Mrs. 

 Rufus to attend. At any rate she is driven 

 away almost as soon as she appears. 



" There he is with his little mate," I re- 

 marked on one of these spicy occasions 

 when they met at the Hotel zwr Fenster- 

 briistung. 



" That can't be his mate," said an un- 

 sophisticated observer. " They are fight- 

 ing! " 



"Did you never hear of disputes between 

 married people? " I asked. 



At first we put out for the Rufus supply 

 only whole nuts, but one afternoon, when 

 three pounds disappeared in about as many 

 quarters of an hour, we concluded that our 

 purses could not stand the strain. Entire 

 nuts suggested secret stores to the active 

 little brain. These he could carry off and 

 bury, if such a term can be applied to plac- 

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