“She was tried to-day, and convicted. The judge sent for Mr. Gilder to come down this morning and have a talk with him about the sentence.”
There was no lessening of the expression of certainty on the young man's face. He loved his father, and he trusted where he loved.
“It will be all right,” he declared, in a tone of entire conviction. “Dad's heart is as big as a barrel. He'll get her off.”
Then, of a sudden, Dick gave a violent start. He added a convincing groan.
“Oh, Lord!” he exclaimed, dismally. There was shame in his voice. “I forgot all about it!”
The secretary regarded him with an expression of amazement.
“All about what?” she questioned.
Dick assumed an air vastly more confidential than at any time hitherto. He leaned toward the secretary's desk, and spoke with a new seriousness of manner:
“Sadie, have you any money? I'm broker My taxi' has been waiting outside all this time.”
“Why, yes,” the secretary said, cheerfully. “If you will——”