may suffice to say that when the physician arrived he pronounced her out of danger and that the stupor of impending dissolution was soon changed to the calm and peaceful sleep of safety she will be all right in a few hours said the doctor to the anxious husband when he was ready to leave it is best for her and for you that you leave the room the nurse that i have placed in charge will see to all her needs when she it will not do for her to get excited relieved more than words can express walked with the two out of the bedroom and into the parlor a new door taken from some other room had been hung already in place of the broken one and through the efforts of the management the neighborhood of the apartment had assumed its quiet one of the hall boys told them that the other gentlemen had gone into mr s chamber and they went in that direction wild thoughts began to come to gray s heated brain and he wanted to be face to face again with the would be of his peace look here said pausing in the you re not going to act nasty with that fellow in this house are you because that won t do at all i can there s been nothing wrong be love gone astray them here they ve not been one second without my eyes on them the woman has acted as true to you as steel he told her he could prove a liar and save you the estate and in exchange for the papers she has offered you her life it was a clear attempt at suicide he was as scared as you please when she jumped into that bedroom and locked herself in we ll decide what to do with him when we get there but don t you try to take the law on yourself for i shall have to stop you if you do gray did not want a debate he did not like to make promises he wanted to see as soon as possible leaving his conduct to be considered later he contented the with a nod and they went on together but on arriving at their destination a surprise awaited them mr was sitting at a window alone looking out upon the street where s asked and in one breath gone said mr gone where i don t know i didn t ask him i understood he had some private affairs to attend to the three men gazed at each other with open mouths do you mean to say you released him asked gray fiercely that s just what i did why asked come there s no use in this mystery i left the man in your hands and if you ve let him go i want the reason u yes echoed and i want it too stand back i the lawyer rose and came easily toward the mr gray wants the reason and he shall have it said he you must be satisfied gentlemen he to the others that i did what i thought on the whole the wisest thing for all concerned you know me well enough not to think he scared or me i am acting for mr gray and i think i shall convince him that i made no mistake will you kindly let us have the room for a short time the manner of the speaker was convincing and after a brief consultation the retired into the inner chamber and closed the door after them let us sit down said when he and were alone you ve had excitement enough for one day now why did i take the responsibility to let that off on leg because i knew that he could not be convicted of any known to the laws of this state and that it would bring nothing but additional distress on you and your family to take him before a jury mr gray clenched his fists i don t want any jury to deal with him he answered i can attend to that matter myself very likely was the cool but it was not a part of my business to hold a man here with on while you came in and him if you want to see him again which on reflection i am sure you won t you must take the chance of finding him i only looked at the question of law he might be for with to you out of two hundred thousand dollars but the evidence would be s word alone and we don t want to rest a case on such a love gone foundation as that he persuaded your wife to meet him here hoping to get her to consent to an and if he had succeeded he would have been open to but as he didn t what shall we charge him with she brought the with her and was as surprised as any one when she locked the door in his face and swallowed it i m not standing up for the man i felt disgraced by having to stay in the same room with him for twenty minutes but as to him and taking him to court it would be the thing imaginable won t fancy my interference but i can t help that he s a good as good as there is but he don t know law quite as well as i do the logic of this reasoning was too strong to be resisted and gray had to admit that had taken the wisest course still he fully intended to get his own hands on the some day and give him his just deserts his sense of justice urged that punishment was due such a gross attempt against the rights of a husband such a plot to bring ruin to a helpless and loving wife 