"I've got his photograph, and will show it to you after supper."
"Oh, thank you!" said Bert, much pleased.
"That is, if you are sure it won't do him any harm. He used to talk to me very confidentially, and I can't help liking him, even if he did get in debt to ma."
"Perhaps he was unfortunate and couldn't pay."
"That's what I tell ma, but ma's rather severe on boarders that go away without paying her."
"Did he take all his baggage with him, Miss Stubbs?"
"He left behind a box of books and papers. They weren't of much account—some old letters and such."
"Did your mother preserve them?" asked Bert eagerly.
"Yes, I believe so; but she would have preferred to have him leave his trunk. That might have been sold for a part of his board bill."
"Do you think I could look over the books and papers?" asked Bert.