"Thank you, I don't care to read just at present."
Half an hour passed. The minister put back his book into his pocket, and bowing politely, bade the young lady good morning.
"I am pleased to have made your acquaintance," he said.
"Thank you, sir."
Five minutes later the young lady put her hand into her pocket. She uttered a cry of alarm.
"What is the matter, miss?" asked Mark.
"My purse is gone!" exclaimed the young lady in a state of nervous excitement.
"When did you last see it?" asked the messenger boy.
"About an hour ago. I bought a copy of Munsey's Magazine of the train boy, and took out my purse to pay for it."
"An hour ago? You were sitting alone at the time?"