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"As to that," said Mark, "of course I cannot say Ion; to tell you that while you don't know me, nevertheless I hope you will per Miss Atheson If you wish to knowyou the papers I left in the vault this "

"I do not need to see your papers, Mr Griffin," Father Murray answered "I am satisfied with you, especially since Miss Atheson owes so to you Will you mind if I do not discuss the matter with you further now?"

"Not at all, Father Murray I do not ask for inforive"

"Perhaps," said Father Murray, "I shall give it to you later on; but for the present let matters stand as they are You know the detective, and I don't The principal thing is to find out whether there is any connection between that caintleman' of Uncle Mac, and the detective I have reason to think there may be This much I will say to you: You need have no fear whatever for Miss Atheson I can assure you that there is no good reason in the world why a detective should be watching her Miss Atheson is everything that she looks"

"I am confident of that," said Mark "Otherwise I should not have spoken to you"

"Then," said the priest, "suppose we go now to our engagea"

The two passed across the lawn, then down the street and along the road toward the great house whose towers looked out over the trees Neither Mark nor the priest said a word until the toell behind them Then Father Murray turned to his companion

"You will find Miss Atheson a remarkable woht not be a coht be prejudiced--but still I think that you, too, will see it She has not been here long, but she is already loved She receives no one but me But she seems to like you, and I didn't hurt you any in her estimation by my own rather sudden attraction"

"I ah I rateful for your confidence"

Walking slowly, and chatting in friendly fashion, they reached Killi open their attention was arrested by the purring of a motor Father Murray uttered a low "Ah!" while Mark stared after the swiftly vanishing er, a heavy, dark man with a short beard co eyes had seemed to look everywhere at once, yet the man in the car had continued to smoke in quiet nonchalance as if he had not noticed the two standing by the gates Uncle Mac had described the hfalutin'' without a doubt