I don't think it pays to be always thinking about avoiding risks.

Nothing, you know," she added, as if she were letting him in to rather a horrid little secret, "is really safe." And evidently glad to change the subject, she went on, "What will her family say ?" "I can't think they will be pleased." "I suppose not.

Who are they ?" Wayne explained the family connections, but woke no associations in his mother's mind until he mentioned the name of Farron.

Then he was astonished at the violence of her interest.

She sprang to her feet; her eyes lighted up.
"Why," she cried, "that's the man, that's the company, that Marty Burke works for! O Pete, don't you think you could get Mr.Farron to use his influence over Marty about Anita ?" "Dear mother, do you think you can get him to use his influence over Mrs.
Farron for me ?" Marty Burke was the leader of the district and was reckoned a bad man.
He and Mrs.Wayne had been waging a bitter war for some time over a young inebriate who had seduced a girl of the neighborhood.