When Graham returned at a little past ten he found Jed in bed and fast asleep. His eyes sparkled with pleasure.
He raised Jed's clothes from the chair on which he had thrown them and went through the pockets expeditiously. Poor Jed's small stock of money was quickly transferred to his own pockets.
"He hasn't any watch," soliloquized Graham. "That's a pity."
When his search was completed he put on his hat again.
"I shall sleep in Jersey City to-night," he said to himself. "That will be safer."
He went out softly, leaving Jed alone, the victim of a cruel trick.
CHAPTER XXIV. A STARTLING DISCOVERY.
Jed slept on, unconscious of his loss, till the sun flooded the room with golden light. Then he opened his eyes and wondered for a moment where he was. But recollection came to his aid, and he recalled the incidents of his meeting with Graham and sharing the latter's room.