If Von Blitz is working in the dark, I'll compel him to show his hand.

And, Miss Pelham," he concluded very slowly, "I'll promise to use a club, if necessary, to drive the Persian ladies away.

So please rest easy on my account." Poor little Miss Pelham left him soon afterward, her head and heart ringing with the consciousness that she had at last driven him out of his customary reserve.

Mr.Saunders was pacing the street in the neighbourhood of the bank.

He had been waiting an hour or more, and he was green with jealousy.