"I sincerely hope that his innocence may be proved."
Soon afterward Mr. Reynolds went to the Stock Exchange, and Willis
Ford returned to his routine duties.
"With the testimony of Jim Morrison I shall be able to fix you, my
young friend," he said to himself, as Grant returned from the
post-office.
No further allusion was made to the matter during the day. Grant and
Willis Ford were both looking forward to the evening, but for
different reasons. Grant expected to be vindicated, while Ford hoped
he could convince the broker of the boy's guilt.
CHAPTER XXI
THE THIEF IS DISCOVERED
Willis Ford ascended the steps of the broker's residence with a
jaunty step. The servant admitted him, but he met Grant in the hall.
"Won't you come upstairs, Mr. Ford?" he said.
Willis Ford nodded superciliously.
"Your stay in the house will be short, young man," he thought. "You
had better make the most of it."
He was ushered not into the housekeeper's room, but into a
sitting-room on the second floor. He found Mr. Reynolds and his
stepmother there already. Both greeted him, the broker gravely, but
his stepmother cordially. Grant did not come in.
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