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That bit of neas significant She had established her alibi; she had

reinstated herself and had turned a smooth front to the world

Mayo was certain in his soul that he knew her kind His illusions were

departing Now that her tragic experience was behind her, now that she

was back a her own, now that the fervor of ro God, so he told himself, that she had not sacrificed herself

for anybody He was honestly glad that she was at hoave--that her secret was still her own, so far as

faht Mayo took further counsel with hi his

final decision was made He would endeavor once more to see Julius

Maxston He determined that he would march into the outer office, boldly

announce his name, assert that he was there to expose a crime, and tell

them that if Mr Marston refused to hear hih the newspapers; then he would ask them to send for

the police, if the door of Marston's office remained closed to him He

would call attention to himself and to his case by all the uproar

he could o with plenty of folks

looking on Let Marston and his fellow-financiers see how they liked

that!

It was a desperate and a crude plan, but Mayo was not a diplomat--he was