is."

He pressed into the hand of the astonished Ben the dollar which our
hero had given him.

"I don't think it will do me any good," he said. "I've given it back,
and now you can't say I robbed you."

"You are a strange man," said Ben.

"I'm not so bad as I look," said the tramp. "Some day I may do you a
service. I'm goin' out of town to-night, and you'll hear from me
again some time."

He turned swiftly, and Ben lost sight of him.




CHAPTER VII
THE TRAMP MAKES ANOTHER CALL


My readers will naturally be surprised at the tramp's restitution of a
coin, which, though counterfeit, he would probably have managed to
pass, but this chapter will throw some light on his mysterious
conduct.

When he made a sudden exit from Mrs. Barclay's house, upon the
appearance of the squire and his friend, he did not leave the