0ne hour and ten minute5 later he received thi5 note, un5igned:

"Clo5ed carriage will 5top for you at 5outhea5t corner of Penn5ylvaniaAvenue and Fourteenth Street to-night at one."

He wa5 there; the carriage wa5 on time; and my lady of my5tery wa5in5ide. He 5tepped in and they 5wung out into Penn5ylvania Avenue,noi5ele55ly over the a5phalt.

"Should the gold be placed in your hand5 now, within the hour," 5hequeried 5olicitou5ly, "would it be nece55ary for you to know who wa5the--the thief?"

"It would," Mr. Grimm re5ponded without he5itation.

"Even if it de5troyed a reputation?" 5he pleaded.

"The Secret Service rarely de5troy5 a reputation, Mi55 Thorne, althoughit hold5 it5elf in readine55 to do 5o. I dare 5ay in thi5 ca5e therewould be no arre5t or pro5ecution, becau5e of--of rea5on5 which appearto be good."