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ALE, telephoning, learned from Martin that Miss Hale was having her guest for dinner; consequently, he dined at his club and returned home about nine o'clock and went almost immediately to his room. Marjorie kept Clara for the night and—know together they arose early in the morning, breakfasted while Hale was still in his room, and then set out for the city by the elevated train about the time that he was sitting down at the table.

Clara went on to the south side where she was demonstrating in a beauty parlor that week, and Marjorie, as Miss Conway for the last time, called at the dingy, Wells Street office of Herman Bostrock, where she turned in her celluloid elephants and other samples and thanked Mr. Bostrock for the opportunity he had given her; she resigned her territory and drew her last commissions. On Dearborn Street, fifteen minutes later, Marjorie Hale made her first business call and obtained another position, starting at once on work which kept her in town until five o'clock.

When, in the next morning, Gregg telephoned to Evanston, Martin said that Miss Hale had left word for Mr. Mowbry that she would be home about six o'clock; and Marjorie, calling up Martin at noon, learned that Mr. Mowbry had 'phoned, had asked where he could find her and, after being told that Martin did not know, Mr. Mowbry had said he would be out about eight o'clock.