AN ARTFUL SCHEME.
“Does this Mr. Stark intend to remain long in the village!” inquired the bookkeeper, in a tone of assumed indifference.
“He didn’t say anything on that point,” answered Leonard.
“He did not say what business brought him here, I presume?”
“No, he was hardly in condition to say much; he was pretty full,” said Leonard, with a laugh. “However, he wants me to call upon him to-morrow, and may tell me then.”
“He wants you to call upon him?”
“Yes, uncle.”
“Are you going?”
“Yes; why shouldn’t I?”
“I see no reason,” said Gibbon, hesitating. Then, after a pause he added: “If you see the way clear, find out what brings him to Milford.”