no wrong, Richard's heart sank when he h

ng. It was bad enough to be suspected. Besides, he had not been the only one to

ngs to a friend of mine," replied Richard

ked the official who st

rd to

was you

name

sed, Richard could not rememb

e," continued t

orgotten it!" stammere

ible excuse I must s

and we had quite a chat. Then he asked me to look after his baggage while

n now?" asked th

I've been tryin

" exclaimed the other. "There isn'

for he was recovering from the shock he ha

ce; and Doc Linyard elbowed his way through the

hat of yours?" retu

to know it. He saved my life down in the smash-up, and I

g to steal this valis

Don't you know an honest figurehead when you see it? Look at him! '

taken back by the ta

t know who this young gentleman is, and before long

uard," said the first o

o leave the valise here, a

d. "But I'm no thief," he continued a

an's name-" bega

ied the boy. "I knew I would

chalk and scratched the name

one is

e on the bottom," an

can get his property, otherwise it will be for

in Doc Linyard. "Just give h

ight," replied th

ought to trust you any more than you

ood watching the proceedings. "'What's sauce

ote down something on a pad, tore t

nyard; and taking up Mr. Joyce's valise he ente

the old tar. "A few brass buttons

moving from the station. Richard and Doc Linyard made

ked the old tar, when they were seated.

y. "I don't know what I would have done

for me," replied the sailor. "But I've had a run of bad luc

the boy with some

st week, saying as how an uncle had died, leaving his property to her and her brother, Tom Clover. In the letter she was

be all right," remarked Ric

in New York, but moved away, we don't know where. A party told me he though

didn't

place. I have an idea he is

used to c

times he didn't show up for months and months. H

roperty v

ht hundred pounds-fo

une!" exclai

ed the sailor. "We never had over a

he boy. "What are you going to do? Get y

s of the will the property can't be divided v

od search for Mr.-your wife's brother. It's wo

t New York is a big pl

law will drop in on you w

he d

aw of Doc Linyard, the better he liked the bluff old tar, and, to tell

s. He found a strong sympathizer in the sailor, who expressed a sincere

" he remarked. "We are both lookin

ichard earnestly. "In fact we must suc

ply. "We're bound to get th

heir journey's end th

sey

train rolled into the vast and gloomy depot, and e

the platform, amid a surg

hard, somewhat confuse

ied the sailor.

e! Brooklyn Annex to the right!" and sev

tlandt Street boat was in waiting, and, dodging several trucks an

it nearly stifled Richard, and he was not sorry when Doc

e water, and lit up the spires and stone piles of the great metropoli

. Then it ran into the slip-there was the rattle of the ratchets

reached New