"'That's right,' says he. 'There're people here in this town who tell me that her divorce from me warn't reg'lar, and I may be takin' the lady back to New Orleans with me, and a heap o' money besides.'
"0' course, all this don't mean nothin' to me, but I thought it might to you, sir."
Mr. Gorham did not reply for so long a time that James became anxious.
"I hope I done right, sir, to come to you with this."
"Yes, James; quite right. You are evidently influenced by your loyalty to my family," Gorham answered. "It is right that you should be, but it shall not be forgotten. There probably is nothing in all this, but, since Mrs. Gorham's name was mentioned, I should like to get to the bottom of it. I shall depend upon you to keep me posted."
"I will, sir," James responded, eagerly. "I'll do that as long as he stays in New York, but he says they're trying to get him to go back to New Orleans."
"Who are 'they'?"
"I don't know, sir."
"That is the first thing to discover, James. I shall trust you to do it."
Gorham rose, and James, vastly satisfied with himself, followed the suggestion.