I'll have to write Abbie about all this; she'll want to know how the female craft was rigged." Left alone, he leaned against the pillar and watched the people pass and repass just behind him.

Two young men paused just behind him.

He could not help overhearing their conversation.
"I presume you've heard the news ?" asked one, casually.
"Yes," replied the other, "I have.

That is, if you mean the news concerning Mal Dunn.

The mater learned it this afternoon and sprung it at dinner.