When you
get your money, just consult me about investing it. Don't put it
into bonds, for they may be stolen."
"Perhaps I'd better put it into the savings bank," said his
stepmother.
"You'll get very small interest there; I can invest it so you can
make quite as much. However, there will be time enough to speak of
that when you've got the money. Now, mother, I shall have to bid you
good-evening."
"Can't you stay longer, Willis? I feel so upset that I don't like to
be left alone. I don't know what that boy may do."
"I think you are safe," said Willis Ford, secretly amused. But, as
he left the house, he felt seriously disquieted. There was danger
that Jim Morrison, when he found the money which he was to receive
withheld, would be incensed and denounce Ford, who had received back
his evidence of indebtedness. Should he divulge that the bonds had
been given him by Ford, Grant would be cleared, and he would be
convicted of theft.
As Ford was leaving the house a telegraph boy was just ascending the
steps. It was John Cava-nagh, already referred to.
As his eyes rested on Ford, he said to himself: "Where have I seen
that feller? I know his face.
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