"You are very kind, madam."
"I cannot bear to see the young man humiliated."
"You do not desire to see him humiliated?"
"I do not, I will not."
"Then, madam, you must think of some other way of saving him, for your acceptance of the draft is not a sufficient security for me. Now if you will persuade your husband to acknowledge the acceptance that will save any humiliation."
CHAPTER IX.
JACK AT HIS BEST—THE HEARTLESS MILLIONAIRE—A TRICK THAT BROUGHT RESULTS—A CONFERENCE—TERRIBLE INTIMATIONS—THE MYSTERY CLEARED UP—SAFE BUT GREAT WORK DEMANDED.
"Oh, no, no," exclaimed the woman.
"Then pay me the cash."
"It is not convenient at present, but I will give you my note in exchange for the one you hold."