I have had a bad night, and now this calamity"-- she stopped and then added, softly, "I want you to do a favor for--my mother ?" Captain Carroll, with an effort, at last found his voice.

"But YOU are in trouble; YOU are suffering.

I had no idea this unfortunate affair came so near to you." "Nor did I," said Maruja, closing her fan with a slight snap.

"I knew nothing of it until my mother told me this morning.

To be frank with you, it now appears that Dr.West was her most intimate business adviser.