“Can you recommend me a safe bank?”
“I will go with you, as you are unacquainted with the city.”
The two left the Astor House together, and Mr. Darke led the way to a large savings bank in the Bowery, where Tom deposited all his money except a hundred dollars. This he exchanged for small bills, intending to carry them home and leave them with his mother.
As he left the bank with his pass-book in his hand, he felt almost bewildered with the sudden change in his circumstances.
Thrusting his hands into the inner pocket of his overcoat to place the pass-book therein, his hand came in contact with a package of papers. In surprise he opened it, and found it to contain valuable securities.
“What have you get there?” asked Darke.
“They must belong to the gentleman who gave me the overcoat!” answered Tom.
CHAPTER XVI.
TOM’S VISIT TO PEARL STREET.
“LET ME look at the papers,” said Mr. Darke. As he did so he whistled.