Theremaybenothinginit，afterall。”
Hisvisitorsmiled。”Say，Mr。Sylvester，”hesaid，”you’reliketheyoung-onesusedtobewhenIwasaboy。There’dbeagangof’emwaitin’bytheschoolhousestepsandwhentheparticularvictimhoveinsightthey’dhailhimwith，’Ah，ha！YOU’REgoin’togetit！’’Waittillteacherseesyou！’andsoon。Coursethevictimwouldwanttoknowwhatitmeant。Allthesatisfactionhegotfromthemwas，’That’sallright！You’llfindout！Youjustwait！’
Andthepoorfellerputinthetimeaforethebellrunggoin’overallthethingsheshouldn’thavedoneandhad，andwonderin’whichitwasthistime。Youhintedtomeaweekagothattherewasasurprisin’possibilityloomin’upin’Bije’sfinancialaffairs。
AndeversincethenI’vebeenpuzzlin’mybrainstryin’toguesswhatcouldhappen。Ain’tdiscoveredanymoreofthoseCutShortbonds，haveyou？”
ThebondstowhichhereferredwerethoseofadefunctShortLinerailroad。AlargenumberofthesebondshadbeendiscoveredamongA。RodgersWarren’seffects；partofhis”tangledassets，”thecaptainhadtermedthem，differentiatingfromthe”tangible”