“Yes.”
Paul drew from his pocket the receipt given him by the Safe Deposit Company, and displayed it to the old man.
“Let me keep this?” said Jerry.
“Yes, if you like.”
This seemed to satisfy him, and he clutched the paper with a deep sigh of relief.
“Shure, and you’ve calmed him down, Paul,” said Mrs. Hogan. “Was it really true about the books?”
“It was really true, Mrs. Hogan. He has a good deal of money, though he doesn’t look it.”
“Thin it’s a fool he is to live as he does, whin he might live like a gintleman.”
“He will never live differently. When he dies it will go to his son, who will get through with it in short order.”