your nomination will come before the speech and confirmation after.”
Bles walked the floor excitedly for a while and then sat down and smiled.
“It was a shrewd move,” he said; “but I think I thank them for it.”
“I don’t. But still,
“ ‘ ’Tis the sport to see the engineer hoist by his own petar.’ ”
Bles mused and she watched him covertly. Suddenly she leaned over.
“Moreover,” she said, “about that same date I’m liable to lose my position as teacher.”
He looked at her quickly, and she explained the coming revolution in school management.
He did not discuss the matter, and she was equally