"It won't be bad to have a man stuck on you that's got all kind of kale, will it, girlie?" As he poured out his wretched insinuations she was trembling; in her heart she thought that she had spoken truly and would die if they kept her here.

" "What do you want, girlie?" said Patty.

" "Say, girlie, you're all rightlovely hair, beautiful eyes and all thatbut cut it; drop in your penny and get wise to yourself.

At breakfast Alice said, "Oh, papa, I told mamma that you carried her to the party in your breast-pocket; that is, you carried her letter!" I fancied that John's cheek flushed a little as he said, "You might tell mamma that papa carries her everywhere in his breast-pocket, little girlie, and mamma would understand.

But Girlie is agoing to marry Jim.

We're up against it, girlie.

And to the audience he sang, "Oh, ain't it great to have a little girlie you can trust forlife!"

"'Girl, girl'no, it isn't 'girl'" "Girlie?" murmured Helen under her breath.

Girlie'he says 'girlie.'

She told herself that never, never would she allow herself to speak lightly or slightingly of spiritualism again! As far as she knew, no one in that room, not even her uncle or aunt, was aware that "girlie" had been her long dead father's pet name for his only child.

You see, my father, who died when I was only eight years old, always called me 'Girlie.'

Be brave, girlie.

I myself will take care of you, girlie.

Don't you trust me enough to tell me now, girlie?" Very long they stood so, face to face.

"And what do you think I am going to do, girlie?" "You are going down there to pick up the trail of the man who saved Aaronwho saved me.

"For two reasons, girlie.

That's why most young men have tucked away with their college diploma and the picture of their first girl, an impressive deed to a lot in Nowhere-on-the-Nothingness, or a beautiful certificate of stock in the Gushing Girlie Oil Well, that has never gushed anything but lies and promises, or a lovely receipt for money invested in one of these discretionary pools that are formed for the higher education of indiscreet fools.

Some uh these days, girlie, I'm going t' pick yuh up and run off with yuh.

"I know it's tough, girlie."

He put his arms around her and held her close, and patted her hair and called her girlie, and laid his brown cheek against her wet one and told her to never mind and that it would be all right anyway, and that her father was probably picking away in his mine right then and wishing she was there to fry his bacon for him.

I don't want to lay down the law to yuh, Girlie, but that blamed Siwash has got to keep away from here.

Yuh needn't be afraid to tell me, Girlie.

Oh, girlie, girlie!"

Oh, girlie, girlie!"

Goodbye, my girlie.