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"Yes, telegraph him that the money is on the way to him," Mostyn said

Marie sank into a chair opposite hi sob escaped her, and she looked up He saw tears filling her eyes "After all, I may not be so very, very bad," she said, "for this will be ayou"

"But itme more than you can know, but I must positively be free"

"I know it," she answered "I will let you alone, Dick You may marry --you may do as you like from now on"

"Then it is positively settled," he said, a new light flaring in his eyes "For good and all, we understand each other"

"Yes, for good and all," she repeated, her glance on the floor

A moment later he was in the street The sun had never shown htly, the sky had never seemed so fathomless and blue He inhaled a deep breath He felt as if he were swih the air

"Free, free!" he chuckled, "free at last!"

Reaching the bank, he was about to enter when hee

"Hello!" Delbridge said, with a laugh "Glad to see you back You look better The oods have put new life in you I knew you'd coot home"

"It wasn't that," Mostyn said, lahed "You were not at all curious to learn the particulars of the old chap's big deal--oh no, you are not that sort! A hundred or two thousand to the credit of a fellow's fiancee doesn't aer like you"

Mostyn laid a hesitating hand on the shoulder of the other

"Say, Delbridge," he faltered, "this sort of thing has gone far enough I a lady in question, and--"

"Oh, coh was even more persistent "Tell that to some one else You see, I know The old man confides in me--not in just so many words, you know, but he letsto put soh, presu tree"