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The Lion and The Mouse

CHAPTER X
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She would confide in one person only--Judge Stott.

He would know where she was and would be in constant communication with her.

But, otherwise, she must be alone to conduct the campaign as she judged fit.

She would go at once to New York and take rooms in a boarding house where she would be known as Shirley Green.

As for funds to meet her expenses, she had her diamonds, and would they not be filling a more useful purpose if sold to defray the cost of saving her father than in mere personal adornment?
So that evening, while her mother was talking with the judge, she beckoned Stott over to the corner where she was sitting: "Judge Stott," she began, "I have a plan." He smiled indulgently at her.
"Another friend like that of yesterday ?" he asked.
"No," replied the girl, "listen.


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