"What do you mean?"
"I mean that he has a very good property for a boy of his age."
Mark was as much amazed as the squire at this statement. The latter said with a sneer:
"And where is this famous property?"
"I will inform you with pleasure. There are a thousand dollars to his credit in a savings' bank in New York, and he holds a mortgage of four thousand dollars on your manufactory."
Even Mark thought Anthony was out of his mind.
"Why," stammered the squire, "I negotiated that mortgage through Mr. Hardy, of New York."
"Exactly! The money he advanced he held in trust for Mark."
"I can't believe this!" exclaimed the squire in mortification and bewilderment.
"Is this really true, Mr. Taylor?" asked Mark.