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Rh first about this girl. Who is she, and how does she come into the fray?"

"She is the only daughter of Sarsfield-Mitcham, of Stamford, Connecticut."

"And who is Sarsfield-Mitcham, of Stamford, Connecticut?"

"He is the greatest inventor that America has produced."

"I thought Edison held that position?"

"Oh, Edison, besides being a notable inventor, possesses a very shrewd, hard, business head, which Sarsfield-Mitcham does not. The Connecticut citizen is a dreamer, yet he has constructed more useful, practical articles than any other person on the face of the earth, but never developing any capacity for business, and being a most trustful man in spite of the fact that he has been cheated on every hand, he is to-day in poverty while others roll in wealth because of his ingenuity."

"H-m; a most dangerous individual for one to have anything to do with."

"Well, others have not found it so, but have profited largely through their connection with him."

"I see. And the daughter has come over here to secure capital that will enable her father to circumvent his enemies?"

"Exactly."

"And this capital, if she obtains it, will be lost through her father's inanity?"

"Oh, no! I'm going to see to that."