looked sharply at her mother. Two deep frowns
came between her blue eyes now at the men-
tion of the letter. What would her father say
to that?

“Yes,” he was replying, “we heard from
Ramon just once, some time ago. It was chiefly
a letter of courtesy, as we had entertained him
and he remembered us pleasantly.”

“Could I see the letter?” eagerly asked the
man.

“It has probably been destroyed,” said Mr.
Lee, and Betty rolled dark blue eyes at her
mother, who knew she had kept it.

“I could probably recall enough of it to sat-
isfy you, though it contained no information
that was valuable, I judge. It said nothing of
any mother or sister and this is the first that I
have heard of them.”

“Very good,” said the man in a satisfied tone.
“Where was he?” he then asked sharply. Betty
frowned again. _Could_ her father tell him? Then
the man would find Ramon and maybe kill him,
for all Betty knew. Horrors! Her father was
telling!

“When he wrote us he was in Detroit, but he
gave no house address whatever.”

“Are you sure that no member of your family
has heard again?”

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