icult to transport them so far."

"H'm," Sammie grunted, as he went on with his luncheon, and nothing
more was said then about the artist.

Lois found Margaret at home and they had luncheon together. There was
only one topic of conversation, and Lois told of the information she
had received from Andy and Betty Bean.

"Have you any idea what your father wishes to see me about?" she asked.
"I am quite curious to know."

"I really don't know," and Margaret shook her head. "He generally
tells me his secret plans because he knows that I will not divulge
them."

"You will go with me to his office this afternoon, will you not?"

"Certainly, if you care to have me. Father generally gets his luncheon
out and is somewhat late getting back to his office. Wait a minute,
dear, while I phone and tell him you are here."

Margaret was gone only a few minutes, and when she returned she resumed
her seat at the table.

"Father will be back in his office at one-thirty," she began, "and he
says that I may go with you. Lois, I have something important to tell
you." Here she dropped her voice and looked apprehensively around the
room. "Since you told me about that letter and Betty's fright I have
been doing some serious thinking. You say that Sydney Bramshaw has
left Creekdale?"

"Yes. He cleared out, tent and baggage."

"Have you any idea where he is?"

"No. But I am afraid he is far away by this time."

"Well, he isn't. He's in the city now."

"In the city!" Lois repeated in surprise.

"Yes. I met Sammie Dingle on the street this morning, and he told me
that he met Bramshaw coming out of the C. P. R. ticket office."

"Oh!"

"Yes, that's what he told me. I did not think anything about it at the
time, but I see things in a different light now. He must be planning
to leave the city on the evening train, and if he once gets across the
Border it will be difficult to find him. You should tell father all
you know, and I am sure he will take action at once."

"And will he have Bramshaw arrested?" Lois asked.

"What else will there be to do? It would not do to let him escape with
such evidence against him. It will be necessary for him to explain
about that letter and his suspicious actions and threat to Betty. We
have really no time to lose. My, I am getting interested and excited."

"For my part," Lois replied, "I believe he is the guilty man. But I
cannot understand the motive of his crime. If we knew t