"But in these artesian wells the waters rise without being pumped. How do you account for that ?" inno cently asked Stanley.
" Because the reservoir from which it flows is on a higher level, of course," come the answer.
" But how can such a place as O'Mal ley describes be on a higher level than the surrounding country?" persisted Stanley. "It is quite possible," Mills replied. "The place described may be under neath a high range — or rather midway in the mount — or it .may be that such exists on a slope many hundreds of miles away from the central depression

CHAPTER 11.
March, Haverstock Hill. " Show-day ' among the artists. Carriages, critics, and well dressed people going from studio tc studio. A rising young A.R.A., Mark Bar rett, was looking at his own pictures before the arrival of his visitors, with that " divine discontent" which is not very common among young artists. '

Some ladies came in — people he knew quite well and had sent cards to, but he couldn't remember their names. He tried tc make up for it in '• gush."

•• So glad to see you ! How very kind oi you to come I" " Not at all ; delighted 1 Dear, dear, how nice 1 What a very fine picture I Worthy of Millais, I declare 1" said the elder lady. Barrett reddened, not with gratification— it was a portrait of a provincial mayor, and he had not put his best work into it, as he ought to have dove.
More people came in, among them some friendß of the mayor.
