J. J. Bell

“ Joan's refusal of the first request was as kindly as her granting of the second. She mentioned both to her aunt one morning at breakfast.
“He seems to be a nice man,” remarked Miss Gosling thoughtfully. “I think I should like to meet him.” ”

“ He left neatly worded notes written in the library, to which the housemaid, knowing him as a friend of her late master, admitted him readily. One of the notes begged Miss March's acceptance of the concert-tickets inclosed; the other asked for a donation toward a poor-children's Christmas treat. ”