Will you send for the car?"
He called an attendant and ordered him to find Miss Guile's footman
at once. When he returned to the table, she was reading the note once
more.
"It is really quite thrilling, isn't it?" she said, and there was
still a quaver of indignation in her voice. "Are you not mystified?"
"Not in the least," said he promptly, and drew a chair up close
beside hers. "It's as plain as day. Your father has found you out,
that's all. Let's read it again," and they read it together.
"A word to the wise," it began. "Two men from a private detective
concern have been employed since yesterday in watching the movements
of your companion, for the purpose of safe-guarding her against good-
looking young men, I suspect. I have it from the most reliable of
sources that her father engaged the services of these men almost
simultaneously with the date of our sailing from New York. It may
interest you to know that they followed you to St. Cloud in a high-
power car and no doubt are watching you as you read this message from
your faithful friend, who likewise is not far away.
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