"Very well, Mr. McLain, make out the necessary papers, and on one week from today I will pay you forty thousand pounds in Bank of England notes."
"All right, Major, I will meet you at the Montreal National Bank one week from today, at 12 o'clock. I will bring the papers."
"All right," said the Major, and departed.
CHAPTER X
ALMOST A TRAGEDY
A day or two after the sale of the Majestic, while the preparation of the transfer papers was going on, Mr. McLain's young man, who was acting as his secretary and clerk, asked his employer to be relieved of his present duties.
"Why, what is the matter, Hiram?" asked Mr. McLain. "Don't you like your job?"
"Yes, sir," was the prompt reply, "but I have got a place that suits me better, and, besides, I shall make more money."
"Where are you going?"
"Major Bancroft has given me the chief clerkship at the hotel."