"I am not sure of that," he replied, shaking his head.
"I am glad to know that you and Mr. Bryant are friends again," said Mrs. Bryant. "He said you helped him out in a deal against that odious Mr. Bowles the other day."
"Yes, we did manage to give the old man the headache, I believe."
"I was so glad when I heard it, for he is the meanest man in New York."
"That's a pretty hard thing to say of any one," Fred remarked, laughing.
They left the bank and Fred was smiling all over as he returned to his private office.
"What will they think when they hear of the double wedding, I wonder?" said he to himself. "I ought to have told them all, but it won't make any difference, I guess. Hanged if I don't believe Eva Gaines would like to have me call on her. I wouldn't give Callie for a dozen of her. She is pretty enough, sweet enough and all that. But I think Callie has the best head of the two, and knows how to take care of money."
At the appointed time the double wedding took place, and the four families drove to the parsonage in four carriages. The two brides never looked so beautiful, nor were the young grooms ever so proud as when they gazed upon them as they met in the parlor of the parsonage.
They drove from the parsonage to Delmonico's for supper, where they remained two hours at the table.
Young as they were, they did not put on any frills, but drove home after the supper, and began life like the sensible people they were.