AN EVENING OUT
the brother or the rest of the party in his miscellaneous introductions.
One brief bit of conversation which the mother overheard especially troubled her.
"Not going out for a minute or two?" asked one of the men, as he was turning away from Thomas.
"No, I don't think I'll go out to-night. You can have my share."
The fellow gave a horse laugh and replied, "Well, you're doing a great piece of work, Miss Hamilton, whenever you can keep old Bill from goin' out an' lushin' between acts. Say, you got a good thing; push it along."
The girl's mother half rose, but she resumed her seat, for the man was going away. Her mind was not quiet again, however, until the people were all in their seats and the curtain had gone up on the second act. At first she was surprised at the enthusiasm over just such dancing as she could see any day from the loafers on
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