Gatewood, burdened with restlessness and gnawed by curiosity, consumed a week in prowling about the edifice where Keen & Co.

carried on an interesting profession.
His first visit resulted merely in a brief interview with Mr.Keen, who smilingly reported progress and suavely bowed him out.

He looked about for Miss Southerland as he was leaving, but did not see her.
On his second visit he mustered the adequate courage to ask for her, and experienced a curiously sickly sensation when informed that Miss Southerland was no longer employed in the bureau of statistics, having been promoted to an outside position of great responsibility.

His third visit proved anything but satisfactory.

He sidled and side-stepped for ten minutes before he dared ask Mr.Keen _where_ Miss Southerland had gone.