A Seeming Discrepancy

Slie is a lady wbose husband has ao umulated a large share of this world's ;oods. She does not care how much anything costs and desires people to mow that she doesn't care. So it waa not through any fear that she was not getting her money's worth that she removed her youngest daughter, who had jeen practicing at the piano. The little girl's efforts had been harrowingly peristent and dutiful, and she was hurt aa well as surprised when her niother indignantly remarked: "Dolly, I am compelled to remind yon that we have employed the best eacher in the city for your musical ednoation and that as we propose to spare no expense in the future you ought to je more conscieutious in laying a foundation. You will gain uothing by slightng the work now. lam determined tbat you shall learu to play the piano no matter what it costs." "I was practieiug faithfully," the iupil protested. "My dear, do uot attempt to deceive your mother. " "But you heard me practicing, didn't 'OU?" "It may be," was the chilly reoiuder, "thatyourinother's advantages n early life were not so great as those I ntend that you shall enjoy. But tbere s one study in which I was always good, and it will be nseless for you to attempt to mislead me iu anything connected with it. That is arithmetic. " "Inever said you wereu't splendid in arithinetio, but that hasn't anything to do with roy piano playing. " "Unless my eyes are at fault those are flve finger esereises that you are now supposed to be workiug on." "Yes." "Very well. Do not think that I for;et tuyself so far as to speak in anger. 3ut I sbould very mnch like to know what you mean by trying to play flve