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"Lady to see you!" announced Droolanced up quickly and ly, his eyes fell

"Confound it, Lias! will you ever quit looking atpositively creepy in that stare of yours!"

"Lady to see you!" repeated the clerk, shifting about uneasily, and then gliding away to take his custo row of books in the wall cases He had performed this act a dozen times a day forthat chains could not have restrained hi out of notice, at the sa the impression that he was constantly busy

"Are you Mr Bansemer?" asked the woman with the babe in her arms, as he crossed into the outer office

For a moment Bansemer purposely reer nails; then he shot a sudden co woman, her burden and all the supposed conditions There was no doubt in his ued the, black book

"I am," he replied shortly, for he usually made short, quick work of such cases There was notfrom the lower and poorer classes The rich ones who are at fault in such o to the point where a lawyer is consulted "Would youfor the day"

"It will take but a few ain to-overness in a family 'way uptown and my days are not very free"

"Is this your baby?" asked Banseoverness appealed to him; it meant that she had to do ealthy people, at least

"No--that is--well, not exactly," she replied confusedly The lawyer looked at her so sharply that she flinched under his gaze A kidnapper, thought he, with the quick cunning of one who deals in stratagems Instinctively he looked about as if to make sure that there were no unnecessary witnesses to share the secret

"Come into this room," said he suddenly "Both of you See that we are not disturbed," he added, to Drooive you a few ood advice Be seated," he went on, closing the door after them His eyes rested on Broom's face for an instant as the door closed, and he saw a particularly irritating grin struggling on his thin lips "Nohat is it? Be as brief as possible, please I'm in quite a hurry"