"To be sure," said the other thoughtfully. "Wait here one minute, please."
He left the room, but returned in less thanfive minutes. He handed a sealed envelope to Oliver.
"I owe you some reparation for the danger to which you have been exposed. Accept the enclosure, and do me the favor not to mention the events of to-day."
Oliver thanked him and made the promise requested.
When he was in the street he opened the envelope. To his amazement, it proved to contain one hundred dollars in bills!
"Shall I take this!" he asked himself.
Necessity answered for him.
"It is a strange way of earning money," he thought. "I shouldn't like to go through it again. On the whole, however, this is a lucky day. I have had a dinner at Delmonico's, and I have money enough to last me ten weeks at least."