"Yes; he wasn't one of those husbands that keep everything secret from their wives. He always told me how he was getting along."
"When was the note dated?"
"A year and a half ago."
"Do you know whether my uncle had any particular use for so large a sum of money at that time?"
"No. That is what puzzles me," said Mrs. Berry. "If he got the money, I am sure I don't know what he did with it."
"Did he extend his business with it, do you think?"
"No, I am sure he did not. His stock is no larger now than it was six years ago. He always calculated to keep it at about the same amount."
"That seems strange," said John,—"that we can't find where the money went to, I mean; especially as it was so large a sum."
"Yes, John, that is what I think. There's some mystery about it. I've thought and thought, and I can't tell how it happened."