"But there is no danger."
"Then why were these men discussing you?"
"I don't know that they were, Mary."
"They mentioned your name."
"Well, that may be. Probably one of them, Feldman, who works
for me, was speaking to his companion about the chance for a
position. My father and I employ a number of men, you know."
"Well, I suppose it is all right, Tom, and I surely hope it is.
But you will be careful, won't you? And you look more worried
than you used to. Has anything gone wrong?"
"Not a thing, little girl. Everything is going fine. My new
aerial warship will soon make a trial flight, and I'd be pleased
to have you as a passenger."
"Would you really, Tom?"
"Of course. Consider that you have the first invitation."
"That's awfully nice of you. But you do look worried, Tom. Has
anything troubled you?"
"No, not much. Everything is going all right now. We did have a
little trouble at a fire in one of my buildings--"
"A fire! Oh, Tom! You never told me!"
"Well, it didn't amount to much--the only suspicious fact about
it was that it seemed to have been of incendiary origin."
Mary seemed much alarmed, and again begged Tom to be on his
guard, which he promised to do.
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