"Not at present. The boy was discharged only yesterday from the shop of this Collins," added Anthony, smiling.
"A good joke!" said the lawyer. "And now the boy lends him money. That is returning good for evil."
"Without knowing it."
"Precisely."
CHAPTER XIV.
AN IMPORTANT PROPOSAL.
"There is a further sum of a thousand dollars," suggested the lawyer. "What is your pleasure in regard to that?"
"The boy is to have that too. Deposit it in some savings' bank in your own name as his trustee."
"That makes the boy worth five thousand dollars—a large gift."
"Exactly, but I know of no better use for it."