Take my word for it." "I am sure your statements are justified, Mr.Merrick." Yet Hedrik Von Taer's face, usually unexpressive, denoted blank mystification.

What connection could these girls have with the favor to be demanded?
"Got any girls yourself, Von Taer ?" "A daughter, sir.

My only child.
"Grown up ?" "A young lady now, sir." "Then you'll understand.

I'm a plain uneducated man myself.

Never been any nearer swell society than a Fifth Avenue stage.