I must know.' 'Better let her have her way,' Frank said; and Dolly could have knocked him down, he spoke so cheerfully; while Jerrie answered: 'I can't read them myself aloud.

They are written in German.' 'But Marian can.

I saw her there.

Let them all come up; they will have to know,' Maude persisted.
After a moment, during which a powerful tonic had been given to his daughter, Frank went down to his guests, who were eagerly discussing the strange story, which not one of them doubted in the least.
In her haste to reach Maude, Jerrie had dropped the bag and the two papers, which Judge St.Claire picked up and held for a moment in his hand; then passing the papers to Marian, he said: 'It can be no secret now, and Jerrie will not care.

What do the papers contain ?' Running her eyes rapidly over them, Marian said: 'The first is a certificate of marriage between Arthur Tracy and Marguerite Heinrich, who were married October 20th, 18--, in the English church at Wiesbaden, by the Rev.Mr.Eaton, then the officiating clergyman.