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"Tell my father that I'uardian

Before the er returned Mayo came in, rather apprehensively He

tried to avoid her, but she met him face to face and accosted him with

spirit

"Now that I have put you on your honor, I'm not afraid to have you talk

your business over with my father Come with me I will take you to him

Then ill call accounts square between us"

"Very well," he consented "After what I have been through here, I feel

that one service matches the other" Mayo followed her and came into The

Presence

Julius Marston was alone, intrenched behind his desk, on his throne of

business; the dark back of the chair, towering over his head, set off

in contrast his gray garb and his cold face; to Mayo, who halted

respectfully just inside the door, he appeared a sort of bas-relief

against that background--so insensate, without ears to listen or

heart to bestow coed his attention until she had seated

herself on the arnized hi hier appeal