“very true; but you must remember that it will be our loss as well as hers. her property will rightfully come to us, and if she is robbed we shall inherit so much the less.”
“i have been thinking, harold, it may be well for you to find out something of this boy. if you can prove to aunt eliza that he is of bad character, she will send him adrift.”
“i’ll see about it, mother.”
meanwhile mrs. merton and luke were on their way to the business portion of the city.
“i think i will stop at adams street, luke,” said the old lady. “i shall have to go to the continental bank. do you know where it is?”
“i believe it is on la salle street, corner of adams.”
“quite right. i shall introduce you to the paying teller as in my employ, as i may have occasion to send you there alone at times to deposit or draw money.”
“i wish harold was more like you,” she said. “his mother’s suggestion that i should take him with me as an escort would be just as disagreeable to him as to me.”
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