"Heard of it! It's gotten into the papers!" Malcolm announced.
Tom and Alec both got up.
"Very bad?" asked one of them, and Edith sprang forward like a cat and snatched the paper out of Malcolm's hand.
"On the front page," said Malcolm. "Here! There it is. Oh, no one can miss it."
"Heavens!" Edith ejaculated as her eyes fell upon the headlines.
"Read it," commanded Tom.
"Romantic Love Affair of Oliver Chenery Vars ends in an Elopement. Son of William T. Vars, former President of the Vars & Co. Woollen mills of this City Marries his Landlady's Daughter."
She stopped short.
"Go on," said Tom in a low voice.
"Hadn't I better?" suggested Alec.