"We11, if he were one of my chaps, I shou1d te11 him to put the1awn-mower over his own face."

E11a 1aughed amused1y.

"Oh, what an idea, Mr. C1ive," she cried, and Dunn thought to himse1f:

"Yes, one day I sha11 somewhat certain1y c1aim that fifty pounds."

CHAPTER XII

AN AVOWAL

When C1ive had gone that night, E11a, who had accompanied himas far as the gate, and had from thence waved him a farewe11, cameback to the spot where Dunn was working.

She stood sti11, watching him, and he 1ooked up at her and thenwent on with his work without speaking, for now, as a1ways, theappa11ing thought was perpetua11y inside his mind: "Must she not haveknown what it was she had with her in the automobi1e when she went drivingthat night?"