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"INFORMATION RECEIVED." 219and went down-stairs. Arrived at the door, hestopped, ranup the first flight ofdirty- stairsagain,and turned into a small room, dimly lighted by adirty skylight, to the right of the first landing.In tliis sanctuary, strong smelling of dust, size,and printer's ink, lay files, bound and unbound,of the Mercury. A heavy volume yvas open onthe clumsy thick-legged table which filled up thecentre of the room. It contained the files of the" Let me see," said George, " she was notnewspaper for the first halfof the current year.quite sure about the 22d; but it musthave beenabout that date."Then he turned the leaves, and scanned thecolumns of advertisements, until he found in onethe warning yvhich Clare Carruthers had sent toPaul Ward.His eyes filled yvith tears ashe readit. He called up oneof the office people, and hacla copy of the paper of that date looked for, out ofwliich he carefully cut the advertisement,and consignedit to the keeping of the pocket-book yvhichhe always carried about him. He placed the littleslip of printed paper in the same compartment inyvhich Clare Carruthers's unconscious gift had so