Stay here while Abel goes for the constable. You'v

." "You always are, Arthur." "Thank you. I like to be appreciated by
somebody."
At the dinner table Chester was introduced to Prof. Nugent. "This is
Chester Rand, the young artist who is illustrating my ethnological
work, brother Nugent," said Prof. Hazlitt. "What--this boy?" Prof.
Nugent
exclaimed, in a tone of surprise. "Yes. Boy as he is,
he is a salaried contributor to _The Phoenix_." "You
surprise me. How old are you, Mr. Rand?" "Sixteen."

"I suppose you began your art education early?" Chester