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Billie uttered a cry of horror!

"He tried to shoot Miss Milliken!"

"He did shoot her--the third ti to his work "Only in the arm, fortunately," he added "But o I racious!"

"She used to be ood deal with Peters It was quite natural that he should fall in love with her She was a beautiful girl, with rather your own shade of hair Peters is a iven him to understand that his love was returned, she infor West, he went right off his onion--I ht I must say that he concealed it very effectively at first We had no inkling of his condition till he came in with the pistol And, after thatwell, as I say, we had to disood clerk Still, it wouldn't do It wasn't only that he tried to shoot Miss Milliken That wouldn't have mattered so otbecame an obsession with him, and we found that he had a fixed idea that every red-haired woirl who had deceived him You can see hoard that made it Red hair is so fashionable nowadays"

"My hair is red!" whispered Billie pallidly

"Yes, I noticed it myself I told you it was much the same shade as Miss Milliken's It's rather fortunate that I happened to be here with you when he ca out there still!"

"I expect he is," said Sao and send hiht"

"But--but is it safe?"

Sa a risk or two for your sake," he said, and sauntered fro the door behind hi eyes

Jno Peters rose politely from the chair in which he had seated himself for more comfortable perusal of the copy of Hoht with hi too busy to see him immediately He was particularly interested in the series of chats with Young Mothers