number of telephone calls he receives every afternoon from well-known society women!"     

       "What about? And what's that got to do with Mr. Medford taking me in to dinner?"     

       "Just this: Suppose Mrs. Rowden..."     

       "Mrs. Rowden!" The girl was nonplussed.     

       "Yes—wants to find out who's in the club? She 'phones Garrison. Instantly, after ascertaining which set—younger or older is wanted, from a small card upon which he has written a few but choice names of club members, he submits a name to her."     

       "Really, you don't mean to tell me that such a thing is actually done?"       exclaimed Miss Cable, who as yet was socially so unsophisticated as to be horrified; "you're joking, of course!"     

       "But nine time out of ten," ignoring the interruption; "it is met with:       'Don't want him!' Another: 'Makes a bad combination!' A third: 'Oh, no, my dear, not a dollar to his name—hopelessly ineligible!' This last exclamation though intended solely for the visitor at her home, elicits from Garrison a low chuckle of approval of the speaker's discrimination; and presently, he hears: 'Goodness me, Garrison, there must be someone else!' Then, to her delights she is informed that Mr. Jackson has just come in; and he is requested to come to the 'phone, Garrison being dismissed with thanks and the expectation of seeing her butler in the morning."     

       "How perfectly delicious!" came from the girl. "I can almost hear Mrs. Rowden telling Jackson that he will be the dearest boy in the world if he will dine with her."     

       "And bring someone with him, as she is one man short," laughed Graydon, as he wound up lightly; "and here is where the professional comes in. We're all onto Medford! Why, Garrison has half a dozen requests a night—six times five—thirty dollars. Not bad—but then the man's a 'who's who' that never makes mistakes. I won't be positive that he does not draw pay from both ends. For, men like Medford, outside of the club, probably tip him to give them the preference. It would be good business."     

       There was so much self-satisfaction in the speaker's manner of uttering these last words, that it would not have required the 

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