"'Upon mere suspicion, no.'
"'When I appear before the magistrate, will you be there?'
"'You may rely upon me. I shall be there to represent you legally, as I am willing now to assist you privately. We are near the station. Have you nothing more to say to me?'
"'Did you tell me that I should be searched at the station, or is it only my fear?'
"'It is almost certain you will be searched.'
"'They must find nothing upon me; they must not know who I am, or my daughter's happiness is wrecked.'
"Hastily and stealthily she extracted from her pocket a key, a purse and a handkerchief, and slipped them into his hands. As hastily and stealthily he slipped them into his own pocket. The policeman had not observed the proceeding.
"'Will you not require you handkerchief?' asked our reporter.
"'I must do without it. My initials are worked upon it, and it might lead to my identification. They must not, they must not know!'
"This remark would have seriously disturbed our reporter if he had not made up his mind to believe thoroughly, for the time being, everything the woman told him, and to leave it to the future to decide whether she was or was not deceiving him.