tom flannery.
Tom stopped short here with a jerk, as if he had got to the end of his rope, and took a long breath. To “do the detective act” seemed to him the greatest possible triumph for a boy like himself. He looked upon his companion, therefore, with wonder and admiration.
Bob’s plans for penetrating the mystery had, indeed, been carefully formed. He fearlessly undertook an enterprise from which most boys would have shrunk. This keen, bright street lad, however, was not of the shrinking kind. He did not turn away from encountering dangers, even the dangers of some dreadful den in which he feared our hero was now a prisoner.
During the forenoon he visited the banking house of Richard Goldwin and there found Felix Mortimer already installed in Herbert’s place. This discovery confirmed his worst fears and intensified his alarm for the safety of his friend.
CHAPTER VIII.
FELIX MORTIMER AT THE BANK.