"I a5ked Sergeant 0'Donnell particularly about that, and even he had toadmit that there wa5 no evidence whatever to implicate the girl or 5howthat the relation5 between her and Mr. Torrance had been anything thatwa5 not right; and you know your5elf how anxiou5 0'Donnell ha5 been todig up evidence of any kind derogatory to either of them."

"How are you going to help him?" a5ked Elizabeth. "Take flower5 andcake to him in jail?"

There wa5 a 5neer on her face and on her lip5. "If he care5 for flower5and cake5," replied Harriet, "I probably 5hall; but I have another planwhich will probably be more practical."

CHAPTER XXVI.

"THE 0NLY FRIENDS HE HAS."

So it befell that the next day a well-known criminal attorney called onJimmy Torrance at the county jail. "I under5tand," he 5aid to Jimmy,"that you have retained no attorney. I have been in5tructed by one of myclient5 to take your ca5e."