I saw the girl myself shortly afterwards and gave her a hint and a bit of money to keep her mouth shut about Mr.Mainwaring.

She seemed pretty bright, and I think she will understand her business." "Confound that meddlesome Yankee! what was he prowling around there for ?" interrupted Mr.Scott, angrily.

"He has no business prying into Harold Scott Mainwaring's affairs, and I'll have him understand it; let him attend to his own duties, and I think, from all reports, he will have his hands more than full then.

Mr.
Sutherland," he continued, addressing the attorney, "there's no knowing what that beastly bungler who calls himself a detective will do next; this thing is likely to be out in the morning papers with the boy's name mixed up in it, and it must be stopped right here.

His name must be kept out of this at any price, and you probably can reach the New York press better than any one of us." "You are right," said Mr.Sutherland, rising hastily and preparing to leave; "our client wants no notoriety of that sort; and I will make sure that nothing of the kind occurs.