By VIRGINIA TERHUNE VAN DE WATER I
CHAPTER 77
“We have already signed the paper
he sent and mailed it to him,” was the
quiet rejoinder. “I am here just to ash
you if you have any idea how many
persons know of this matter?’
“Mr. Banscombe assures me that only •»
he, Mr. John Holmes and I know of '
it. He said that he could not conceal
the facts from Mr. Holmes—as a fel
low deacon.”
“There are other deacons about whom
he may feel the same,” the girl re
marked sharply.
“He says not. I assure you, Mise *
Marion, that I will do all within my
power to keep this affair quiet. It ia
cruel that you should have the ad
ditional distress of Banscombe's letter.
