"With this boy's help we can. Don't trouble yourself to invent excuses. You have been suspected for some time."
"The boy lies," said Smithson fiercely.
"If he does it will be found out. Come along with me."
Much against his will, Smithson walked arm-in-arm with the detective. Ben was notified to be in attendance at court the next morning, at ten o'clock, to testify against his new friend.
"I am more of a greenhorn than I thought," Ben said to himself. "Who would have thought such a polite young man was a counterfeiter!"
About four o'clock Ben went up-town to Mr. Manning's boarding-house, and remained there till the merchant arrived.
Chapter XIII — A Curious Old Lady
The next morning Mr. Manning introduced Ben to his temporary ward, a bright, attractive little girl, who seemed to take an instant fancy to our hero.