Chapter 13 THE FOX AND THE CROW.

"She just gave one squall,

When the cheese she let fall,

And the fox ran away with his prize."

JANE TAYLOR.

"My dear," said Mrs. Curtis, one Monday morning, "I offered Colonel Keith a seat in the carriage to go to the annual book-club meeting with us. Mr. Spicer is going to propose him as a member of the club, you know, and I thought th