“Good-bye, then—and bon voyage,” she said, extending her hand.
He took it—hesitated just an instant—lifted it to his lips—and, then, without a word, swung around and went out into the night.
The next day—at noon—when, her breakfast finished, she came down stairs, a scare headline in the morning’s paper, lying in the hall, met her eyes.
| SUICIDE! |
| Royster Found Dead in His Bath-room! The Penalty of Bankruptcy! |
| ROYSTER & AXTELL FAIL! |
| Many Prominent Persons Among the Creditors. |
She seized the paper, and nervously ran her eyes down the columns until they reached the list of those involved.——
Yes! Croyden’s name was among them! That was what had taken him away!
And Croyden read it, too, as he sped Eastward toward the unknown life.