Show Excerpt but, it is Mr. Stapleton's only child--a boy of six. You can understand how he must feel." Grace nodded. "Yes, I can understand," she said, slowly, then turned to her husband. "What do you think, dear?" he asked her. "I think, Richard, that you had better go." Mr. Hodgman sprang to his feet', and, coming over to Grace, took her hand. He knew that his battle was won. "I thank you, Mrs. Duvall," he said, "on Mr. Stapleton's account, as well as on my own. He will appreciate deeply what you have done, the sacrifice you are making, and he will not forget It." He looked again at his watch nervously, the anxiety he felt clearly evident in his every movement. "We had best start at once, Mr. Duvall." Duvall rose. "I will join you in a short while, Mr. Hodgman. I wish to say a few words to my wife." He took Grace's arm and drew her within the house, leaving Mr. Hodgman pacing nervously up and down the veranda. The conference between Grace and her husband was short. Each realiz