She reminded him strongly of his sister Nancy in one way, and his
sister Grace in another. Indeed it was Mattie who made the Massanet
flat a real home for him.
Presently there were footsteps on the stairs, and in a moment Mrs.
Massanet and her son entered. They had been shopping over in the French
district, and carried several bundles.
It was now drawing towards ten o'clock, and only a few words were
spoken before the good-nights were said.
In the upper hall Richard asked Frank to come to his room, and giving
his friend a chair and seating himself upon the edge of the bed he
told of his adventure with Norris.
"I have suspected Norris of something like that for several months,"
said Frank. "I was tolerable sure that he was spending more money than
he was making now. He must be an expert player or else an unfair one.
I suppose he thought as long as he got you there the rest would follow
easy enough. I'm glad you didn't give in. If you had, he or his
companions would have won every cent you had, and perhaps have placed
you in debt to them."
"What would you do? Tell on him?"
"Williams & Mann ought to know what kind of a fellow their
shipping-clerk is," replied Frank. "Yet one word about it may cost
Norris his position. Suppose you wait a day or two? Watch how he acts
and think it over.
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