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Turning it face up, she read, with surprise, a large feminine

handwriting which said:

Mr. Code Schofield, kindness of Captain B. Tanner

Letter enclosed.

At the right-hand side of the envelope was this:

5----10s 10----5s 50----1s -------- $150

Nellie Tanner stared at the envelope. It was the handwriting that

held her. She had seen it before. She had once been honorary

assistant treasurer of the Church of England chapel, and it

suddenly came to her that this was the handwriting that had

adorned Elsa Mallaby's checks and subscriptions.

She knew she had solved the problem the instant the answer came.

Elsa had been to Boston to school, and the fact was very evident.

She sat and stared at the black letters, flexing the packet

filled with bills.

"Why should Elsa Mallaby be sending money to Code Schofield?"