"Come to engage my services for Floyd?" he inquired. It was his habit to cut into the heart of a problem at the first stroke and Emily felt grateful on the whole that the preliminaries were shortened.
"Mr. Floyd is innocent and I want you to save him."
"Why did he not employ an advocate?"
"The judge——"
"Pursued the only course open to him. The evidence was damaging. What have you learned since yesterday?"
"Ellen Greeley——"
"Is dead. The dog's instincts were right then. There was some one inside. Aronson."
The young man answered this peremptory call.
"My Evening Beacon."
It was brought at once.