"
"I should have anticipated this, Mr. Schmidt," she said ruefully. "It
is just the sort of thing my father would do."
"You seem to take it calmly enough."
"I am quite used to it. I would be worth a great deal to any
enterprising person who made it his business to steal me. There is no
limit to the ransom he could demand."
"You alarm me," he declared. "No doubt these worthy guardians look
upon me as a kidnapper. I am inclined to shiver."
"'All's well that ends well,'" quoth she, pulling on her gloves, "I
shall restore you safely to the bosom of the Ritz and that will be
the end of it."
"I almost wish that some one would kidnap you, Miss Guile. It would
afford me the greatest pleasure in the world to snatch you from their
clutches. Your father would be saved paying the ransom but I should
have to be adequately rewarded. I fancy, however, that he wouldn't
mind paying the reward I should hold out for."
"I am quite sure he would give you anything you were to ask for, Mr.
Schmidt," said she gaily. "You would be reasonable, of course.
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