"You've been to Boston lately, haven't you?"
"I wonder whether he has heard anything about the matter from his father," thought Carver.
"Yes," he answered.
"You didn't happen to meet Grit Morris there, did you?" asked Phil.
"Grit Morris!" exclaimed Carver, in genuine surprise.
"Yes, didn't you know he had been to Boston?"
"No; what business had he in Boston?" asked the messenger.
"None of his own," answered Phil significantly.
"Did any one send him?"
"You had better ask Mr. Graves," said Phil, telling more than he intended to.