He was, as he found before the summer ended, one of a varying dozen who circulated about her. Each of them haf at one time been favored above all others-about half of them still basked in the solace of occasional sentimental revivals. Whenever ine showed signs of dropping out through long neglect, she granted him a brief honeyed hour, which encouraged him to tag along for a year or so longer. Judy made these forays upon the helpless and defeated without malice, indeed half unconscious that there was anything mischievous in what she did.