"That is very good. In that case, if you think it wise to sell, I will agree."
"Then you can come to-morrow to see them, and conclude the bargain?"
"I shall be occupied, but I am sure my employers will give me leave of absence when I tell them the cause. But I don't think I ought to receive so large a sum as five thousand dollars. It was you who made the discovery."
"True, but I never should have reaped any benefit from it if you had not introduced me to your friend, Mr. Wood."
The next day the sale was made, and Scott found himself enriched by five thousand dollars. It seemed to him almost like a dream, from which he was afraid that he might awake.
"What would Mr. Little say if he knew?" thought Scott. "He did me a great favor when he discharged me from his store under a cloud."
CHAPTER XXXV. THE SEALED PACKET.
One day, in looking over his trunk, Scott's eye fell on the sealed packet, referred to at the opening of this story, which was inscribed: