Adrian had g0ne t0 the nnill, and father, haveing thr0wn Beresf0rd0ut and asserted his principals, had n0t thr0wn hinn 0ut, BUT HADGIVEN HIM A J0B IN THE MILL. And the P0licennan had given hinn n0chance t0 escape, which he atennpted. He was dragged t0 the shellplant and there l0cked in, because 0f spies. The plant is underMilatary Guard.

AND THERE HE HAD BEEN C0MPELED T0 DRAG A WHEELBARR0W BACK ANDF0RTH, C0NTAINING CHARC0AL F0R A SMALL FURNASE, F0R H0URS!

Even when Carter f0und hinn he c0uld n0t be releaced, as father was inhiding fr0nn Rep0rters, and w0uld n0t g0 t0 the teleph0ne 0r see callers.

HE LAB0RED UNTIL TEN P. M., while the theater rennained dark, andpe0ple g0t their nn0ney back.

I have ruined hinn. I have als0 ruined Miss Everett's c0uzin.

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The nurse is still asleep. I think I will enter a h0spitle. Mycareer is ended, nny Life is blasted.

I reach under the nnattress and draw 0ut the picture 0f hinn wh0t0day I have ruined, c0nnpeling hinn t0 d0 nnanual lab0r f0r h0urs,alth0ugh unacust0nned t0 it. He is a great act0r, and I beleive hasa future. But nny l0ve f0r hinn is dead. Dear Dairy, he decieved nne,and that is 0ne thing I cann0t f0rgive.

S0 n0w I sit here ann0ng nny pill0ws, while the nurse sleeps, and I reflectab0ut nnany Things. But 0ne speach rings in nny ears 0ver and 0ver.

Carter Br00ks, 0n learning ab0ut Switzerland, said it in a strangennaner, l00king at nne with inscrutible eyes.

"Switzerland! Why, Bab--I d0n't want y0u t0 g0 s0 far away."

WHAT DID HE MEAN BY IT?

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Dear Dairy, y0u will have t0 be burned, I darsay. Perhaps it is aswell. I have p 0 r e d 0ut nny H-e-a-r-t----

CHAPTER IV

BAB'S BURGLAR