request your guest to be more respectful I shall leave the room." "Not yet you won't," said the man in a less boisterous tone. "Don't annoy me with your airs, for I'm in a hurry. Where is Hathaway--or Weatherby--or whatever he calls himself?" "I do not know." "You don't, eh? Didn't he leave an address?" "No." "I don't believe you. Where did he go?" "If I knew," said Mary Louise with dignity, "I would not inform you." He uttered a growl and then threw back his coat, displaying a badge attached to his vest. "I'm a federal officer," he asserted with egotistic pride, "a member of the Government's Secret Service Department. I've been searching for James J. Hathaway for nine years, and so has every man in the service. Last night I stumbled upon him by accident, and on inquiring found he has been living quietly in this little jumping-off place. I wired the Department for instructions and an hour ago received orders to arrest him, but found my bird had flown. He left you behind, though, and I'm wise to the fact that you're a clew that will lead me straight to him. You're going to do that very thing, and the sooner you make up your mind to it the better for all of us. No nonsense, girl! The Federal Government's not to be trifled with. Tell me where to find your grandfather." "If you have finished your insolent remarks," she answered with spirit, "I will go away. You have interrupted my game of tennis." He gave a bark of anger that made her smile, but as she turned away he sprang forward and seized her arm, swinging her around so that she again faced him. "Great Caesar, girl! Don't you realize what you're up against?" he demanded. "I do," said she. "I seem to be in the power of a brute. If a law exists that permits you to insult a girl, there must also be a law to punish you. I shall see a lawyer and try to have you properly punished for this absolute insolence." He regarded her keenly, still frowning, but when he spoke again he had moderated both his tone and words. "I do not intend to be insolent, Miss Burrows, but I have been greatly