“I don’t think I understand you,” said Chelsea.
“I could tell you of such a box and from where it may be taken,” said Taylor. “That seems pretty plain language to me.”
“Well, yes, I should say so; and I could see such a box if there was enough of the useful in it to make it worth the while,” answered the Englishman. “How much would there be in it for me?”
“It won’t have less than a hundred thousand dollars’ worth of United States government bonds,” said Taylor.
Chelsea asked where they were kept so handily.
“In the paying teller’s window, during business hours.”
“They might as well be in the vault,” declared Chelsea.
“On the contrary,” quickly explained Taylor, “the box is left by itself in a most careless manner. It would be very easy for you and English to carry it off, when business is at its height, say at three in the afternoon.”
“We might play the business man gag,” mused Chelsea.
“What’s that?” inquired the bank clerk, seemingly catching at the Englishman’s meaning.