"Did he, indeed? Well, I am sorry to hear that. He was a good fellow. Did he leave anything?"
"I am afraid not."
"I thought he struck it rich."
"So he did; but he lost all he made."
"How was that?"
"Poor investments, I fancy."
"I remember he told me one day that he had scraped together seven or eight thousand dollars."
Browning shrugged his shoulders. "I think that was a mistake," he said. "Walton liked to put his best foot foremost."
"You think, then, he misrepresented?"
"I think he would have found it hard to find the sum you mention."