away and snatch the brief
chance of rest.

When at last the launch ran up under the end of a little breakwater near
the Davis Street pier, she arose quickly and sprang out of the boat
without help. Then she turned, as Orme stepped up beside her, and spoke
to Porter. "If you and Mr. Orme had not come after me," she said,
"there's no telling whether I should ever have got back. I should like to
shake hands with you," she added; and bending down, she held out her firm
white hand.

Then Orme laid his hand on the life-saver's shoulder. "You've done a
piece of good work to-night," he said.

Porter laughed embarrassedly. "I only ran the boat for you," he began.

"You took me at my word," said Orme, "and that's a good deal in such a
case. Good-by. I will look you up before I go back East."

At the side of the girl, Orme now walked slowly through the deserted
streets. It was some time before she spoke.

"After you left me at the home of my friends--" she began at last.

"Don't try to tell about it," he interrupted quickly. "You are tired.
Wait for another time."

They were passing under a street-lamp at the moment, and she glanced up
at him with a grateful smile, pleased apparently by his thought of her.

"That is good of you," she exclaimed, "but my story is easily told. Let
me go on with it. I explained myself to my friends as best I could and
went to my room. Then it suddenly occurred to me that Maku and his friend
might have come to Evanston by boat."

"Just as, later, it occurred to me."

"I thought that the other man might be waiting for Maku. The motor-car
that we heard--there was no good reason for thinking that our man was in
it."

She paused.

"I know," he said. "I thought of those things, too."

"It flashed on me," she went on, "that if I could find the man, I might
be able to buy him off. I didn't believe that he would dare to injure me.
There are reasons why he should not. My car had been taken in, but I had
them bring it out, and I told them--well, that part doesn't matter.
Enough that I made an excuse, and went out with the car."

"You should have taken someone with you."

"There was the likelihood that the Japanese would run, if I had a
companion. As long as I was alone, he might be willing to parley, I
thought. At least, he would not be afraid of me alone. So I went north on
Sheridan Road to the upper end of the lower campus. There is a crossroad
there, you remember, cutting through to the l