Clear out!" exclaimed the bank president angrily.
"What a frightful temper father has!" thought the discomfited Randolph.
There was nothing for it but to go down-stairs, and he did
so in a very discontented frame of mind.
"It seems to me that something is going contrary," said Duncan
to himself. "It is clear that it won't do to keep these bonds
lhere any longer. I must take them to New York to-morrow--
and raise money on them."
On second thought, to-morrow he decided only to take the
five-thousand-dollar bond, and five of the one thousand, fearing
that too large a sale at one time might excite suspicion.
Carefully selecting the bonds referred to, he put them away in a
capacious pocket, and, locking the trunk, went down-stairs again.
"There is still time to take the eleven-o'clock train," he said,
consulting his watch. "I must do it."
Seeking his wife, he informed her that he would take the
next train for New York.
"Isn't this rather sudden?" she asked, in surprise.
"A little, perhaps, but I have a small matter of business to
attend to. Besides, I think the trip will do me good. I am not
feeling quite as well as usual.
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