“I’m sure Will can find out all you wish to know,” she returned. “Don’t fret, papa. Let us wait until he gets back.”
Shortly after this conversation the manufacturer met Doctor Meigs, who asked:
“How is Jordan conducting himself these days?”
“Rather strangely,” said Mr. Williams. “I sometimes think he’s getting ready to run away.”
“Think so?”
“Yes. I have paid the fellow over a hundred thousand dollars in royalties, and this money, which has been accumulating in the same bank in the city that I myself use, and am also a director of, has suddenly been withdrawn and placed elsewhere.”
“Where?”
“I do not know.”
“Perhaps he has invested it.”
Mr. Williams shook his head, doubtfully.