CHAPTER III.
"HER FEET WERE PINK."
When Miss Millicent Fern entered the office of Lawrence Gouger, as detailed in the preceding chapter, it will be remembered that she found that gentleman and his friend, Archie Weil, with their hats in their hands. The fact was that Mr. Weil had but just entered the room, and that Mr. Gouger had accepted an invitation to take lunch with him, an arrangement that was by no means an infrequent one between them. The entrance of Miss Fern, and the subsequent proceedings, compelled the literary critic to go out alone, as has been seen. When he returned he found Mr. Weil still there.
"Haven't you been to lunch yet!" exclaimed Mr. Gouger.
"I have not been out of this office," was the reply, "and all appetite for anything to eat has left me. Lawrence, that
