“Try me and see.”
“I know I have no right to be so inquisitive. It oughtn’t to be any of my business. I hope you won’t be angry with me. But, Jack, I’m afraid——”
She stopped, and the boy thought he saw a tear glisten in her eye.
“Promise me that you won’t be provoked with me?” she continued, impulsively.
“Why, of course I promise you,” he said, greatly curious to learn what it was that affected her so deeply.
“You have gone into the market again, haven’t you?”
“Why, how did you guess?” he asked in surprise.
“How? There are a dozen signs you have given which are quite plain to me.”
“Well, I admit the fact.”
“How much of your five thousand dollars have you risked on a margin?” she continued, with some hesitation.