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&8 A SOCIAL METEOR. That afternoon, unknown to Ray, she tele- sraphed Lee, inviting him to dine with them the following night. She intergded to surprise her if he came, by taking a box for a certain play which she knew she was very anxious to see. She said nothing in her message about his bringing any one with him, though, for she had made up her mind to ask her grandmother and uncle to join them. Appearances were worthy of some con- sideration, in her eyes, at any rate, and if she followed Ray’s instructions in this matter, ap- _ pearances would certainly suffer. “T’m willing to let her have her own way ina great many things,” she said to herself, “but there are a few in which I think my opinion is worth more than hers. If he comes, we will dine here quietly, and meet the others at the theater; then afterward we can have supper by ourselves, if she likes. But I am determined there shall be no ‘fourth,’ for her own sake as well as mine. Besides, | am sure Lee wouldn’t approve of such an arrangement any more than I do.” She received his reply an hour or so later. It said that he would be with them in time for dinner the next evening. The following morning Ray was seized with a (E(OVAANICEl KOOKS (E(@)