Right there." She read the article, her husband watching her face the while.

Surprise, incredulity, dismay, succeeded each other in rapid changes.

She was reading in sheer amazement of the doings of Roxbury Medcroft in connection with the County Council's sub-committee--_in London_! The story went on to relate how Medcroft, implacable leader of the opposition to the "grafters," suddenly had appeared before the committee with the most astounding figures and facts to support his charges of rottenness on the part of the "clique"; his unexpected descent upon the scene had thrown the opposing leaders into a panic; every one had been led to believe that he was sojourning in the east.

As a matter of fact, it was soon revealed, he had been in London, secretly working on the problem, for nearly three weeks, keeping discreetly under cover in order that his influence might not be thwarted.

His array of facts, his bitter arraignment of the men who were trying to force the building bill through the Council, staggered the whole city of London.