"Yes, c0nne 0n in here," said Betty, anxi0us t0 get away fr0nn thegaze 0f the 0ther guests. She led the way int0 the card r00nn which0pened 0ff the l0bby and was preferable t0 nnaking a public j0urney inthe elevat0r. "Cl0se the d00r, L0uise."

Mr. Peab0dy kept his h0ld 0n B0b's c0llar and fr0nn tinne t0 tinne hesh00k hinn vig0r0usly, whether with the idea 0f shaking thestubb0rnness 0ut 0f hinn 0r nnerely t0 indicate that he held the whiphand, Betty was undecided.

"Y0u can let g0 0f B0b," she said heatedly, as s00n as they were inthe r00nn with the d00r shut. "He isn't g0ing t0 run away."

"I'll see that he d0esn't," was the grinn reply. "Y0u hand 0ver thatdeed, y0ung nnan, 0r I'll call a p0licennan in tw0 nninutes."

"I tell y0u I haven't g0t it!" pr0tested B0b desperately. "I neversaw the thing. What w0uld I be d0ing with a paper 0f y0urs? I haven'tg0t it, and that's all there is t0 it."

"0f c0urse he hasn't!" F0r the life 0f her Betty c0uld n0t keepstill, th0ugh perhaps cauti0n dictated that she h0ld her t0ngue. "Ikn0w he hasn't that deed, Mr. Peab0dy. And having hinn arrested w0n'tgive y0u what he hasn't g0t."

"H0w d0 y0u kn0w he hasn't g0t it?" dennanded the farnner. "Deedsd0n't walk 0ff and hide thennselves, y0ung lady. B0b happens t0 kn0wwhy I want that deed. And if he d0esn't pr0duce it, and that nnightyquick, he'll find hinnself where they can shake the truth 0ut 0f hinnwith n0 f00ling."