“Well, Millie, I think he’s a good thing to freeze to, as he told me he has money and calculates on doing the right thing by you and your mother. If I were you, I’d steer him right over to your home. Mr. Bishop will let you off, I guess. Go out and see him now. And don’t ever say I didn’t do you a good turn.”
Millie had no trouble in identifying herself to Mr. Hockins’ satisfaction.
She got leave of absence for the rest of the afternoon, and took Silas home with her.
As Jack had figured, Mr. Hockins’ arrival proved a good thing in the end for both Mrs. Price and her daughter Millie.
CHAPTER XIV.
A POINTER—WORTH WHAT?
“I wish I had half your luck, Jack,” said Ed one morning shortly after the young messenger had scooped in that $5,000 on L. S. stock.
“I suppose you are referring to what I made the other day.”
“Yes; and I can’t see how you did it.”
“I’m not surprised. I gave you the tip to buy as many shares as you could put up the margin for. Did you do it? No; you were afraid to risk even a ten-dollar note on a good thing. Well, you lost your chance.”