When the little one was four years old, the mother returned to the old life of parties, dances, theaters, and midnight suppers. The father accompanied her, but neither found any real happiness in life and soon came quarrels. Then they decided on a separation. A consultation with the old family lawyer who had been her guardian prior to her marriage resulted in the shrewd old gentleman conniving with a judge who was one of his cronies. A separation was agreed upon and papers were drawn up, it being set forth in the agreement that neither party was to see the other, nor the child, who was to be left in the guardianship and care of the lawyer; also, the only means of communication between the two parties should be through the child. As time went on, loneliness brought visions of their little girl, who missed her mama and papa. When her fifth birthday came around the lawyer planned a party for her. She called up mama and invited her to the party. That afternoon the mother came to the lawyer's, but he would not permit her to see the little girl. While they were in the library the father called and the lawyer received him in the hall. The birthday girl had phoned him too and invited him to the party. Then the instinct of paternity asserted itself, and he declared that he would see his child, "law or no law," and he bounded up the stairs. In a moment the little one was in his arms, then he started helping her fix the electric-light-fixture candles. Mother, meanwhile, had seen him run up the stairs, for she had overheard the loud talking in the hall. The lawyer quietly slipped into the library to watch events. Mother quietly slipped up the stairs and through the doorway of the nursery watched "Daddy" and Baby. The child saw her mother, squealed with delight and ran to her. They could not resist baby's appeal and a reconciliation soon followed.