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"Within the Law"

"Will you
please let me know when Mr. Gilder arrives? There are one or two
little matters I wish to discuss with him."
"All right!" Sarah agreed briskly, and she hurried on toward the
private office.
The secretary was barely seated at her desk when the violent
opening of the door startled her, and, as she looked up, a cheery
voice cried out:
"Hello, Dad!"
At the same moment, a young man entered, with an air of care-free
assurance, his face radiant. But, as his glance went to the
empty arm-chair at the desk, he halted abruptly, and his
expression changed to one of disappointment.
"Not here!" he grumbled. Then, once again the smile was on his
lips as his eyes fell on the secretary, who had now risen to her
feet in a flutter of excitement.
"Why, Mr. Dick!" Sarah gasped.
"Hello, Sadie!" came the genial salutation. The young man
advanced and shook hands with her warmly. "I'm home again.
Where's Dad?"
Even as he asked the question, the quick sobering of his face
bore witness to his disappointment over not finding his father in
the office.


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