But you forget that to-morrow morning the Chief of Police would have known as much as he knows to-night.

Of course, if I had gone alone to the Treasury vault and kept my discovery to myself, I might, perhaps, have 'held up' the Government of Austria-Hungary as successfully as I 'held up' the Chief of Police to-night.

But with the Director watching everything I did, and going with me to the chemist, there was no possibility of keeping the matter a secret." "Well, Jennie, all I can say is that you are a very foolish girl.

Here you are, working hard, as you said in one of your letters, merely to make a living, and now, with the greatest nonchalance, you allow a fortune to slip through your fingers.

I am simply not going to allow this.