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"Considered in the light of a study inFrom the standpoint of hue Suppose Kate to be right--suppose the girl has awakened to a full realization of her danger? Suppose that her cry for succor is real, can I, can any man who hears it, refuse to heed? Would I ever sleep in peace again?"

He went further, he ad elens She has rown ether;even e of the abyss before it stands and turns to science as the only rescuer? No matter what her past deceptions have been, is it not er and contempt dissolved into compassion He recalled her youth, her inexperience "I will at least see her again," he decided, deep in the night "I will talk with her I will draw her out I will study her All will depend upon her attitude towards me and towards her own soul" And in that softened mood sleep came to him