"Now I'm ready to leave you," I went on to Duncan, when the servant had departed. "I advise you to take a good wash, get your breakfast, and take the first train home. Good-by."
"Yes, but, Roger&—"
"By doing that you may be doing your father a greater service than in any other way. You say you will turn over a new leaf, and I hope you will. If all goes as it should you will have a hard trial to stand before long. But do as I did when things went wrong in our family, bear up under it, and if you do what's right somebody is bound to respect you."
And, without waiting for a reply, I caught up my hat and hurried from the room.
I found Mr. Harrison waiting for me in the parlor.
"I thought I'd come over early," he explained. "I know young blood is impatient, and I half expected to find you gone."
"I didn't want to make a call before folks were up," I answered. "Besides, I have made quite an important discovery since we parted."
"Indeed."
"Yes. Come away from this place and I'll tell you. I don't want to meet Duncan Woodward again."
And as we walked away from the hotel I related the particulars about the note-book.