"Accordingly, Douglas was put to the tape, and the girl also. Miriam had a few more inches of calf, but the Scotchman was undaunted. 'Have you ever seen finer thighs than mine?' he boasted.

"The lad who had been doing the measuring got flustered, but the girl laughed:

"'Don't be afeerd, Laddie; the higher you go the bigger they grow. I'll be the winner.'

"And she was," said Mark, with a chuckle of evident approval.