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"Did you want to see me?" he asked

"If you are not busy," Mostyn replied

"Nothing to do just now," Saunders said, sitting down near the desk

Mostyn gave him a troubled look "The old nized his voice," Saunders answered "He has a way of talking quite loud of late"

There was a pause, during which Mostyn continued to stare with fluttering lashes; then he said: "He is giving reat deal"

"I see he is; in fact, all of us have noticed it"

"It is getting hed, heavily "You see, it is not only here that he talks He goes to the other banks and to the offices of the brokers and chatters like a child about our confidential affairs I am afraid he will do us absolute financial injury He is insanely suspicious, and there is no telling what report he may set afloat"

"I think most persons understand his condition," Saunders returned "Delbridge does, I know He goes to see Delbridge often I see your predicament and sympathize with you The old man has lost all his discretion, and you really cannot afford to confer with hihts," Mostyn said, tentatively, "and the slightest thing ainst me There are shyster lawyers here ould not hesitate to advise hiet their fee, and that is all they would want As I look at it the situation is serious, and groorse"

"It is aard, to say the least," Saunders admitted, "and I confess that I do not knohat to advise"

"Well, that is all," Mostyn concluded "I wanted to speak to you about it He upsets me every time he comes in, and he is quite as troublesome at home, I assure you I envy you, old chap, with your care-free life, spent half in the country How is your plantation?"

"Fine--never had better crops" Saunders's eyes kindled with latent enthusiasht this season Run up and spend next Sunday with ood You stay in town too hed and bowed his head over his papers "Not this season," he said, as if his thoughts were far away Suddenly he cast a wavering glance at his partner, hesitated, and said: "I have alanted to go back up there, Saunders That was one period of my life that is constantly before me I may as well speak of it and be done with it You always seemed to shirk the subject, and I have hesitated to mention it, but there is no one else I could question The last time I heard of Dolly Drake she was still un?"