“You’re buying it, aren’t you?”

“Who said so?” demanded the broker, more aggressively than before.

“Nobody that I know of. It just struck me that you were—that’s all,” said the boy, lightly.

“You must have a reason for mentioning it,” said Hartz, gripping him tightly by the arm.

“You told me that if I had twenty-five or fifty dollars to spare, to buy some—on margin, of course.”

“Oh,” said Hartz, letting go of his arm.

“So I went the limit of my little pile,” grinned Jack.

“Then you made a haul?”

“I haven’t sold it yet.”

“You’ve a good nerve,” said Hartz.