CHAPTER XVII.
MARK MAKES A CALL ON EUCLID AVENUE.
Mark was not altogether pleased to find that he had not got rid of the railroad adventurer. He recognized him as a dangerous and unprincipled man.
As long as Mark had the diamond pin in his possession, the vicinity of such a fellow meant peril. He decided that he had better lose no time in delivering the pin to Mrs. Loring. He had told Florence that he would call the next day, but really there was no reason why he should not deliver it at once.
About three o'clock he called a cab and directed the driver to drive to No. 1001-1/2 Euclid Avenue. The distance was somewhat more than a mile, and in fifteen minutes he found himself at his destination.
"Shall I wait for you?" asked the hackman.
"No; I may be in the house some time."
He paid for the cab and rang the doorbell.
"Is Mrs. Loring at home?" asked Mark of the servant who answered the bell.
"Yes, sir, but I don't know if she will see you?"