"
"What arrangements do you think I have made with him?"
"I don't know, sir."
"I have asked him to keep his eye on you, and, if he sees
anything suspicious, to let me know."
Luke would have been disturbed by this remark, had not the
smile on Mr. Armstrong's face belied his words.
"Does he think you are in earnest, sir?"
"Oh, yes, he has no doubt of it. He warned me of your character,
and said he was quite sure that you and your friend Mr. Reed
were implicated in the bank robbery. I told him I would
cross-examine you, and see what I could find out. Randolph told
me that you were only a working boy, which I pronounced to
be very much against you."
Luke laughed outright.
"I think you are fond of a practical joke, Mr. Armstrong,"
he said. "You have fooled Randolph very neatly."
"I had an object in it," said Mr. Armstrong quietly. "I may
have occasion to employ you in the matter, and if so, it will be
well that no arrangement is suspected between us. Randolph will
undoubtedly inform his father of what happened this morning."
"As I said before, sir, I am ready to do anything that lies
in my power."
Luke could not help feeling curious as to the character of the
service he would be called upon to perform.
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