w on the

e of the clock back of her. It was one, and he could have sw

she said. "It is time to

go wit

I had better go alone. A s

e rugged than those of young Arsdale, and the forehead was broader and higher, but the mouth was the same-thin, tense, and yet with no strength of jaw behind it. The cheek bones were rather high and the eyes set deep but over-close together. It was a face, thought Donaldson, of which great things m

ntently, but he heard nothing further. He crossed the library and looked out. The door was ajar. He flung it open and peered down the driveway; t

he heard a movement above, but was not quite sure. He neither wished to intrude nor to frighten her unnecessarily, but he called her name. At first he received no response, and then, with a sense of relief that made him realize how deep his fear had been

e trouble?"

teady me a bit

you h

little. Did

hen some one

by me and-I fell down. I hoped

library. He must have stolen ou

strong

control. As they came into the light he saw that she was very pale, but she insisted that she needed noth

around the grounds,

useless. He

an idea where

itated

she a

she ventured

y call upon me for anything you wish done. My time

rom which instinctively she shrank. But pressing her close was the realization of the imminent danger threatening the boy. This was no time for quibbling-no time for nice shadings of propriety. Even if this meant a sacrifice of som

um," she said wit

ht except her presence here practically alone with the crazed young man. It accounted for her objection to waiting in the drugstore; it solved the mystery of her fear of the

urmured. "Then he has gone

He has been the

has been lo

hird generation," she admitted,

he hi

danger was passed, but he left me a prescription which had been of help to him. It was given him by our

st time did he go

five days. He was nervous to-night and begged me to go out to dinner wi

n't been here

e is

h a man in that cond

ggled hard. He has allowed me to lock him up-to do ever

he repeated. "Are there

cousin-his sister by adoption.

frie

I don't wish my friends to know about this," she added hast

me to leave the door

y for you. H

" she s

ted a

o big a problem for you to manage. He should

ne must know of this. I trus

ught a

e him now, it will be necessary t

in horror. "No! You must pro

her feet all

assured her. "They would simply

d rather wait until he come

nd her fear, but he w

t I have a friend whom I can trust. Y

olice?" she ask

lied. "It is as a friend

't know what to do! But I feel that

gin work at once. There is

not wait until daylight, when conditions would be best, but began the search in the face of apparent impossibility, bro

hone, and he summoned a cab.

how much mo

He had

ome back of himself? Opium is one t

has been away befor

Her face clouded as though from some new and half forgotten fear. She g

it was slowly, each

pstairs. It is possib

a characteristic symptom. Victims of this habit ha

ly. I wish you to feel free to spend without limit whatever you may find helpful. We have more than

a new meaning to the phrase ca

ped into his overcoat. Still he paused, curiously reluctant to leave her. He did not feel that there was very much waiting for him outside, and here-he would have been content to live his week in this old library. He had glimpsed a dozen

king at him

confidently. "At any rate I shall c

h an imposition

" he pleaded earnestly. "I feel as thou

nd to consi

been in the inner

ed coura

you were better guar

ains had suddenly become a living, tangible reality. The light touch of her fingers was as wine to him. They made the task before him seem an easy one. T

ht," he s

the door stepped out into the c