The Scarlet Tanager

"How long has it been since she told you this?"

"About four weeks ago, I should say."

"Until then you had heard nothing of the kind from others?"

"I knew representatives of the Secret Service came to your apartment from time to time, and that, occasionally, you met them elsewhere. But it was not until last night that Chisholm, at the Metropolitan Club, came to me with the final revelation."

"Revelation, eh!" Rennison exclaimed, quietly.

The gossippy Storrow went on:

"Chisholm, as you doubtless know, has been sort of befriending Lloyd Louck, the banker who was convicted of embezzlement, and who recently has been released from the Atlanta Penitentiary. There, Louck says, strange" stories are told by men who believe that you, who never appeared in court against them, were primarily responsible for their conviction. They tell of your appearances at unexpected times and places, and they assert that