"Yes, I have been using--their funds." As if a switch had been turned, the light broke on Constance.

She saw herself face to face with one of the dark shadows in the great city of high lights.
"How ?" she asked simply, leaning forward over the table.
There was no resisting her.

Quickly he told her all.
"At first with what little money of my own I had I played.

Then I began to sign I O U's and notes.

Now I have been taking blank stock certificates, some of those held as treasury stock in the company's safe.