I could see by Miriam's expression when you told us about the capture of that man that she thought you had trusted Kathleen too far, too." "I confess I was thinking that very thing," laughed Miriam, "but how Elfreda guessed it is more than I can see." "But the man has been captured, the story has appeared in the Overton paper and Kathleen has kept her word about not mentioning me in connection with the affair," protested Grace.

"Nothing unpleasant can possibly happen now." But Grace was destined to realize before many hours passed that she had been over-confident..