24 HARK FORRARD! 



' I don't know how to thank you enough/ 

 said Miss Lancelot; 'you have made a new 

 woman of me. I could hardly crawl on deck, 

 and I feel almost as if I could dance now.' 



' I sha'n't allow anything of that sort at 

 present,' answered the self-constituted phy- 

 sician, as he tucked her rug round her. ' I 

 trust that when you are fit to dance I shall 

 have -the privilege of being your partner on the 

 occasion.' 



' Well,' said Acton, as a few minutes after 

 he and Eeginald met, ' how is the Fair Un- 

 known ? ' 



' No longer unknown by any means,' an- 

 swered Reginald. ' The champagne has worked 

 wonders, and by the time she has had a good 

 sleep she will be just about all right.' 



' Come and play nap,' said Acton ; ' there 

 are two other people who want to play. It will 

 while away an hour or two of the afternoon.' 



' No, thank you,' said Reginald ; ' I mean to 

 walk up and down a bit, and get an appetite.' 



Walk up and down he did, too, for the next 



