on the passage indicated, but on the
visitor's glove. It fitted him to such perfection that it suggested the
enviable position in life which has gloves made to order. He politely
pointed again. Still inaccessible to the newspaper, Miss Wigger turned
her spectacles next to the front window of the room, and discovered a
handsome carriage waiting at the door. (Money evidently in the pockets
of those beautiful trousers, worthy of the gloves!) As patiently
as ever, Linley pointed for the third time, and drew Miss Wigger's
attention in the right direction at last. She read the advertisement.

"A Young Lady wishes to be employed in the education of a little girl.
Possessing but few accomplishments, and having been only a junior
teacher at a school, she offers her services on trial, leaving it to her
employer to pay whatever salary she may be considered to deserve, if
she obtains a permanent engagement. Apply by letter, to S.W., 14, Delta
Gardens, N.E."

"Most impertinent," said Miss Wigger.

Mr. Linley looked astonished.

"I say, most impertinent!" Miss Wigger repeated.

Mr. Linley attempted to pacify this terrible woman. "It's very stupid of
me," he said; "I am afraid I don't quite understand you."

"One of my teachers has issued an advertisement, and has referred to
My address, without first consulting Me. Have I made myself understood,
sir?" She looked at the carriage again, when she called him "sir."

Not even Linley's capacity for self-restraint could repress the
expression of relief, visible in his brightening face, when he
discovered that the lady of the advertisement and the lady who terrified
him were two different persons.

"Have I made myself understood?" Miss Wigger repeated.

"Perfectly, madam. At the same time, I am afraid I must own that the
advertisement has produced a favorable impression on me."

"I fail entirely to see why," Miss Wigger remarked.

"There is surely," Linley repeated, "something straightforward--I
might almost say, something innocent--in the manner in which the writer
expresses herself. She seems to be singularly modest on the subject
of her own attainments, and unusually considerate of the interests of
others. I hope you will permit me--?"

Before he could add, "to see the young lady," the door was opened: a
young lady entered the room.

Was she the writer of the advertisement? He felt sure of it, for no
better reason than this: the moment he looked at her she interested him.