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A SOCIAL METEOR. 15 “Then he got perfectly furious, and said, in the ugliest tone I had ever heard him use: ““Possibly 7 am foolish, but at any rate, I’m determined upon one thing, and that is, either that man stops coming here, or Ido. Take your choice.’ ? “I looked at him to see if he was in earnest, his whole manner was so unlike Jack’s, and then, satisfied that he meant what he said, I drew my- self up, and said, as coldly as I could: ‘““VYou may leave the house at any time you may see fit, but unless you can give mea good reason why I should not see Mr. St. John when he comes to call like any one else, I decline to shut the door in his face. He visits your own house, why don’t you keep him out of that ? Cer- tainly you ought to be able to control things there, better than here, yet. When your mother refuses to receive him I will do the same, but not until then.’ “Without another word, and with his face scar- let with passion, he took his hat and left, and the following morning he sent me a note saying that “t was evident, from my treatment of him the day before, that my regard for him was very small, so in that case he thought we had better part.’ Gomichboo CS (EO)