“Will you keep a secret, without giving away one little word of it?”
“A client’s counsel seldom repeats a confidential business transaction.”
“I paid the two years of interest just a few minutes before that horrid old mortgage was due, so Uncle Josiah would not have to lose his place.”
“Gosh!” was the inelegant reply. “You’re a brick!”
His brow puckered.
“Won’t that save him?” she asked with concern.
“Sure. But how did you know that Uncle Josiah was a party to this mix-up?”
“Father told me that.”
“You should have been the lawyer of this family. I never saw any one like you for finding things out.” Still apparently worried, he added: “But your check will give you away. What if that happens to fall into Dad’s hands?”