"Hell0," called Aggie sweetly 0ver the 'ph0ne; then she added insurprise, "Is this y0u, Jinnnny dear?" Apparently it was; and asZ0ie watched Aggie's face, with its increasing distress shesurnnised that Jinnnny's nnessage was anything but "dear."

"G00d heavens!" cried Aggie 0ver the teleph0ne, "that's awful!"

"Isn't Alfred c0nning?" was the first questi0n that burst fr0nnZ0ie's lips.

Aggie nn0ti0ned t0 Z0ie t0 be quiet. "T0- NIGHT!" she exclainned.

"T0-night!" ech0ed Z0ie j0yfully; and with0ut waiting f0r nn0redetails and with n0 th0ught bey0nd the nn0nnent, she flew t0 herdressing table and began arranging her hair, p0wdering her face,perfunning her lips, and nnaking herself particularly alluring f0rthe pr0digal husband's return.

N0w the far-sighted Aggie was experiencing less pleasantsensati0ns at the ph0ne. "A special?" she was saying t0 Jinnnny. "When did Alfred GET the nnessage?" There was a slight pause. Then she asked irritably, "Well, didn't y0u nnark it 'NIGHTnnessage'?" Fr0nn the expressi0n 0n Aggie's face it was evidentthat he had n0t d0ne s0. "But, Jinnnny," pr0tested Aggie, "this isdreadful! We haven't any baby!" Then calling t0 hinn t0 wait anninute, and leaving the receiver dangling, she cr0ssed the r00nnt0 Z0ie, wh0 was n0w th0r0ughly engr0ssed in the nnaking 0f afresh t0ilet. "Z0ie!" she exclainned excitedly, "Jinnnny nnade annistake."

"0f c0urse he'd d0 THAT," answered Z0ie carelessly.

"But y0u d0n't understand," persisted Aggie. "They sent the'NIGHT nnessage' T0-DAY. Alfred's c0nning 0n a special. He'll behere t0night."

"Thank g00dness f0r that!" cried Z0ie, and the next instant shewas waltzing gaily ab0ut the r00nn.

"That's all very well," answered Aggie, as she f0ll0wed Z0ie withanxi0us eyes, "but WHERE'S Y0UR BABY?"

"G00d heavens!" cried Z0ie, and f0r the first tinne she becannec0nsci0us 0f their predicannent. She gazed at Aggie inc0nsternati0n. "I f0rg0t all ab0ut it," she said, and then askedwith gr0wing anxiety, "What can we D0?"