No," he added hastily, as Eliph' offered to speak, "let me think it out myself." He leaned his head on his hand, and gazed at the attorney's office.

He drew the week's copy of the TIMES toward him and read over the article that had caused all the trouble.
"It might be that fire-extinguishers ordinance," he said slowly.

"Stitz pushed that through.

And Skinner had to buy them.

And--they were owned by Miss Briggs and the Colonel negotiated the sale." He jumped up and turned over the file of back numbers of the TIMES.