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70 A SOCIAL METEOR. going; and he usually does get going about the first of every month. ‘They were a little bigger this time than they ordinarily are, and conse- quently we had a fine scene in the library after dinner. He fumed and stormed like a madman, and refused flatly to come down to supper, and, as I had been weeping, I didn’t care to exhibit myself. So I wrote that note.” “It’s too bad. But he gets over his rage quickly, doesn’t he 2” asked Georgie. Ray made a gesture of impatience. ‘Well, and if he does,” she said, disgustedly, “it occurs twelve times a year regularly. Why, he grew fairly black in the face when I showed him my milli- ner’s account. The idea! He’s the most unrea- sonable man I ever saw. ‘The last time we were out together he asked me ‘where I got the hat,’ and told me ‘for heaven’s sake to get another, and not disgrace him by appearing in that one any more.’ ‘So of course I went right around to madam’s the next day and ordered another, and now he raves because it cost a few dollars more than the first. As if I could ask madam what she was going to charge me. She’d feel insulted, and tell all her other customors how mean I was, Charley GEomichbooks (E(o)