But I can't have that sort of thing," she added, becoming prosaic, "so I went and told her I would denounce her gambling salon to the police if she did not surrender my son.

She has done so, and I am happy.

Ah, Mr.Jennings, had you a mother's heart," she laid her hand on her own, "you would know to what lengths it will lead a woman!" "I am glad your son is safe," said Jennings, with apparent cordiality, though he wondered how much of this was true.

"Maraquito is not a good wife for him.

Besides, she is a cripple." "Yes," said Mrs.Octagon tragically, "she is a cripple." Something in the tone of her voice made Jennings look up and created a new suspicion in his heart.