And the man moved around as if in the greatest hurry of his life.
“I haven’t twenty dollars with me.”
“Indeed! I thought you looked like a well-to-do young man——”
“I have twelve dollars——”
“Well—let that do, but be quick!”
And the stranger held out his hand for the amount.
“Never mind,” remarked Matt, struck with an idea which he resolved to carry out if he went into the scheme at all. “I’ll take the money from the pocket-book, and if I find the owner I will tell him how I came to do it.”
“No; don’t you touch the contents of the pocket-book!” exclaimed the stranger, hastily snatching the article in question from Matt’s hand. “That would not be right!”
“Yes, but I will make it right with the owner, if I——”