Ours has been an honorable name, Colonel; you know that--a long line of military men whose loyalty to their country has never before been in question.

I thought my confession would and the whole nasty business, that the investigations would stop, and that I might be able to keep forever unknown this horrible thing about him--about my brother." Colonel Hughes laid his hand on the boy's shoulder, and the latter went on: "They reached me--those frightful insinuations about Stephen--in a round about way; and when he came home from India I resolved to watch him.

I saw him go often to the house of this woman.

I satisfied myself that she was the same one involved in the stories coming from Rangoon; then, under another name, I managed to meet her.

I hinted to her that I myself was none too loyal; not completely, but to a limited extent, I won her confidence.