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