The Girl Detective had been investigating the horrors of the White Slave Trade smuggling ring, in which girls were bough and sold as objects for her School Newspaper. Now beaten and stripped to her undies, her snooping has earned her a 1st hand scoop
"'i am ute,' ute told them. 'i am first girl among the slaves. you will obey me. you will be treated precisely as the other girls, neither better nor worse. if you do not obey me, exactly and promptly, in all things, you will be beaten.'"
