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BY    THE    LIGHT    OF    THE    SOUL

"  It  wasn't  altogether  that,  but  they  looked  so  desper
ately  in  earnest."

Meantime,  while  the  lights  of  the  car  disappeared  up
the  avenue,  Maria,  Wollaston,  and  Gladys  Mann  searched
for  the  house  in  which  had  lived  Ida  Edgham's  cousin.  «

At  last  they  found  it,  mounted  the  steps,  and  rang  the
bell.  It  was  an  apartment-house.  After  a  little  the
door  opened  of  itself.
"My!"  said  Gladys,  but  she  followed  Wollaston  and
Maria  inside.
Wollaston  began  searching  the  names  above  the  rows
of  bells  on  the  wall  of  the  vestibule.
"What  did  you  say  the  name  was?"  he  asked  of
Maria.
"Edison.     Mrs.  George  B.  Edison."

"There  is  no  such  name  here."

"There  must  be."  ,

"There  isn't."

"Let  me  see,"  said  Maria.  She  searched  the  names.
"Well,  I  don't  care,"  said  she.  It  was  on  the  third
floor,  and  I  am  going  up  and  ask,  anyway."

"Now,  Maria,  do  you  think — "  began  Wollaston.
But  Maria  began  climbing  the  stairs.  There  was  no
elevator.
"My!"  said  Gladys,  but  she  followed  Maria.
Wollaston  pushed  by  them  both.  "See  here,  you
don't  know  what  you  are  getting  into,"  said  he,  sternly.
"You  let  me  go  first."

When  they  reached  the  third  floor,  Maria  pointed  to  a
door.  "That  is  the  door,"  she  whispered,  breathlessly.
