Copyright, 1909, by Richard G. Badger
Copyright, 1908 and 1909, by the Crowell Publishing Company


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The Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A.


CONTENTS

ChapterPage
I"Do you know what would happen to him"[9]
II "Thousands in that safe"[17]
III "How does it stand"[23]
IV "Stenographers must becounted"[29]
V "I've business with him"[35]
VI "If I could tell you his story"[43]
VII "I'm sure that I can get them for you"[51]
VIII "I did as you bid me"[59]
IX "'The safe door is opened,' I cried"[67]
X "I have a scheme"[75]
XI "She will go in"[81]
XII "A block of steel"[89]
XIII "I am from headquarters"[95]
XIV "You do not answer"[103]
XV "Now, if Fellows will stay away"[111]
XVI "It was not paper I meant to have"[121]
XVII "Now for my part of the bargain"[129]
XVIII "What have you done among you"[139]
XIX "So that was your motive"[147]
XX "A jewel of far greater value"[155]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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"Now state your problem"[Frontis]
"He transferred his attention to the door"[ 38]
"Grace, you have misunderstood me"[ 48]
"An old man was looking up at the face of a young girl"[ 80]
"She was ignorant of his presence"[ 100]
"The door opened and Philip Andrews came in"[ 144]
"'R. S. T.,' read the official"[ 152]
"He was even present at the wedding"[ 158]