MISS SHIRLEY GREEN,
Dear Madam.--I shall be happy to see you at my residence--FifthAvenue--any afternoon that you will mention.
Yours very truly,
JOHN BURKETT RYDER, per B.
Shirley smiled in triumph as, unseen by her father and mother, shepassed it over to Stott. She at once sat down and wrote this reply:
MR. JOHN BURKETT RYDER,
Dear Sir.--I am sorry that I am unable to comply with your request. Iprefer the invitation to call at your private residence should comefrom Mrs. Ryder.
Yours, etc.,
SHIRLEY GREEN.
She laughed as she showed this to Stott: "He'll write me again," shesaid, "and next time his wife will sign the letter."
An hour later she left Massapequa for the city.