? ? ? ? "Mrs. Bradley, I sympathize with you," said her companion. "The boy is evidently working against us both. You have been twenty years in my uncle's service. He ought to remember you handsomely in his will. If I inherit the property, as is my right, your services shall be remembered," said John Wade.
? ? ? ? "Thank you, Mr. John," said the gratified housekeeper.
? ? ? ? "That secures her help," thought John, in his turn.
? ? ? ? "She will now work hard for me. When the time comes, I can do as much or as little for her as I please."
? ? ? ? "Of course, we must work together against this interloper, who appears to have gained a dangerous influence over my uncle."
? ? ? ? "You can depend upon me, Mr. John," said Mrs. Bradley.
? ? ? ? "I will think it over, and tell you my plan," said John Wade. "But my uncle will wonder at my appetite. I must go back to the library. We will speak of this subject again."
? ? ? ? When John Wade re-entered the library, Frank was reading, but Mr.
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