CHAPTER XV
A WARNING
Helen could hardly believe the good news. Though she had hoped, since hearing from the law firm, that she might be entitled to some money, Helen had always been careful not to hope too much.
"For I don't want to be badly disappointed," she told Joe.
"Well," he remarked, "I wish my chances were as good as yours."
For the answers he received from the letters he wrote concerning his mother's relatives in England were disappointing. As far as these letters went there was no estate in which Joe might share, though Bill Watson insisted that the late Mrs. Strong came of a wealthy family.
"Anyhow, you've got yours, Helen," said Joe.
"Well, I haven't exactly got it yet," and she looked at Mr. Pike.
"Oh, the money is perfectly safe," the lawyer assured Helen. "I have part of it on deposit in my bank, and the rest is safe in California."