At first he thought to telegraph, but then came to the conclusion that it would be too risky. A letter might not be received in time.
"I'll go myself," he said, and an hour later was on his way to Riverport.
CHAPTER XXIII
THE PAPERS IN THE SAFE
At Riverport the next day Mr. Bartlett called upon a lawyer with whom he was well acquainted and told to the legal gentleman all that he had learned and proposed to do.
"I wish your assistance, Mr. Soper," he said.
"You shall have it," was the lawyer's prompt answer.
"Can you get an order from the court to open that safe?"
"I believe I can. Come, we will go and see the judge at once."