"Oh, dear me! I must be dreaming!" murmured the lad, and then the tears of joy commenced to course down his cheeks. His days of want and cruelty were at an end.
"It's like a dream," he whispered to Frank. "I'm almost afraid I'll wake up and find it ain't true!"
"But it is true, Jed, every word of it!" cried Frank.
"If you wish me to do so, I will see what I can do with the stock," pursued the banker.
"All right," said Jed, readily, for he now felt he was in the hands of real friends.
"And I will act with Mr. Masters against your uncle," added Mr. Wallington.
"He ought to be punished," was Will's comment.
"I'd like to ride him on a rail," said Frank.
"Or tar and feather him," added Bluff.
"That sort of talk won't do," said the banker. "You will have to let the law take its course."