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Placed at the head of the first table, our hero and heroine were at all times the center of attraction; the observed of all observers.

Two o'clock found me one of the throng pressing toward the center of attraction, the blue room.

The doctor swindled—How we got even—Diamond cut diamond—The doctor peddling stove-pipe brackets—His first customer—His mishap and demoralized condition—The doctor and myself invited to a country dance—He the center of attraction—The doctor in love with a cross-eyed girl—Engaged to take her home—His plan frustrated—He gets even with me—We conclude to diet him—The landlady returns—Does not know the house.

She is the center of attraction, the guardian of the infant’s destiny; and none like she, can overrule the unfolding life and character of the child.

She laughed and talked; she was the center of attraction, the life of the fête.