"
"I heard Squire Duncan say so."
"Were they coupon or registered?"
"What difference would that make, sir?"
"The first could be sold without trouble by the thief, while
the last could not be disposed of without a formal transfer
from the owner."
"Then it would not pay to steal them?"
"Just so. Luke, do you know, a strange idea has come into
my head."
"What is it, sir?"
"I think Prince Duncan knows more about how those bonds
were spirited away than is suspected."
Luke was greatly surprised.
"You don't think he took them himself, do you?" he asked.
"That remains to be seen. It is a curious affair altogether.
I may have occasion to speak of it another time. Are you a
good writer?"
"Fair, I believe, sir."
"I have recently come into possession of a business in a city
in Ohio, which I carry on through a paid agent. Among other
things, I have bought out the old accounts. I shall need to have
a large number of bills made out, covering a series of years, which
I shall then put into the hands of a collector and realize so far
as I can. This work, with a little instruction, I think you can do."
"I shall be very glad to do it, sir.
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