John Walsh, a retired banker, invites several of his closest friends to a week-end party at his magnificent home on the Potomac. After the dinner, which was a memorial occasion in the minds of all who attended, the ladies retired to the balcony to discuss other women. The gentlemen remained at the table where they enjoyed their cigars. An hour later Harry Scott, one of the fortunate or unfortunate guests, whichever you may choose to call him, excused himself for the purpose of retiring. On his way to his room he met Mrs. Cooper and Miss Henry on the balcony. They chattered a while and then the ladies retired. Endeavoring to get into the right room in the dark, Scott made a serious mistake by getting into Miss Green's room. Thinking him an intruder Miss Green scratched his face severely. The plan of escape which Scott worked out with his fellow colleagues, proved a huge success at the breakfast table the next morning, where Miss Green was patiently awaiting the "brute" whom she had scratched. The gentlemen guests, ten in number, had stuck cort plaster on their faces, which confused Miss Green considerably.
