" "It's a fact," assented our hired man.

" "Oh, certainly," assented her father.

" "Queer and odd!" assented the chief.

"Quite," assented the girl, coldly; "one cannot remember all the boys and girls one knew as a child.

" "'Melia's a fine-looking gal," assented Mr. Kybird.

"Noshe didn't," assented the much perplexed woman.

"Very," assented Hardy.

"Undoubtedly," assented her companion.

"He certainly will," assented Godfrey seriously, "and that before long.

" "Put a bandage round the head instead of the heart, I expect," assented the chuckling Swann.

"Something like that; yes, very much like that," assented the prince.

"Perhaps not," assented her sister; but half an hour later she waylaid her father to give him her commands.

" "You're right," assented Racey Dawson.

"Yes, I like them too," assented Donnington slowly.

Haven't I always given them everything in the world they ought to have?" "Yes, Judge, that's the truth, and any neighbor of yours will say it," assented Dunwody as he joined the group.

"Yes, extremely," assented the editor, dryly.

" "Yes," again assented Eleonora.

You needn't worry about me; I've managed to squeak along so far without getting my light put out" "By being a tolerably fair shot, yes," Dade assented, his face hardening a little under the injustice.

"Ah, yes, just so," assented Mr. Falconer, and he went on with his dinner.

' 'Certainly,' assented her friend.

" "Yes," assented the gambler, and meant "No." What he read from the writing on the snow was this: Some one had come and some one had gone.

" "Dessay it's a tiptop idee," assented Glover cheeringly.

" "I don't know," he replied, "that I am prepared to assent off-hand to either of those propositions; but I would rather not tamper with another person's letter, even if that person should happen to be a murderer.

S'funny, huh?" "Damfunny," assented Jack Harpe with an odd smoothness.

" "That'll be another hint," assented Mr. Jernshaw.