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"The boat train leaves at ten Thursday ," he said "Take your

last look at Europe and be ready"

Three days! His daughter listened with sinking heart Could she in three

days' tie mystery, know the final fate

of the man who had first addressed her so unconventionally in a public

print? Why, at the end of three days he ht still be in Scotland Yard,

a prisoner! She could not leave if that were true--she si her father the story of the whole

affair, confident that she could soothe his anger and enlist his aid

She decided to wait until the nexta letter did coinning--yes But the end! This was the letter: DEAR ANXIOUS LADY: Is it tooas you did that I was locked up for the murder of a

captain in the Indian Arainst me and hope a

very still ser I have just lived through the

days that have been my portion