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Jim it was who, after twenty years of horrible poverty and

ill-luck, had caught the largest halibut ever taken off the Banks

and made thousands of dollars exhibiting it alive. And it was

this same Jim who, for the remaining ten years of his life,

turned to gold everything he touched.

Mallaby House was his real monument, for here, on the great green

hill that overlooked the harbor, he had erected a mansion that

made his name famous up and down the Bay of Fundy. And here,

seven years ago, he had brought Elsa Fuller as his bride--Elsa

Fuller who was the belle of Freekirk Head, and had been to Boston

to boarding-school.

It was to Mallaby House that Code Schofield had come to dinner

this night. He had not wanted to come and had only agreed when

she bribed him with a promise of something very important she

might reveal.