"Well, she was left an orphan and had to look out for herself. A situation in some way opened to her in Nebraska, and she went there to take it."
"A situation at what?"
"As waitress in some hotel."
"Humph! And was she still a waitress when she married?"
"Yes, I think so, but I am not sure about it or any thing else in connection with her at that time. The subject was so painful we never discussed it."
"Why painful?"
"She lost her husband so soon."
"But you can tell me the name of the town in which this hotel was, can you not?"
"It was called Swanson then, but that was fifteen years ago. Its name may have been changed since."
Swanson! This was something to learn, but not much. Mr. Gryce returned to his first question. "You have not told me," said he, "why you believe Craik Mansell to be innocent?"