let you go," he said. "You have been on very friendly terms with the
murdered man for some time, have you not?"

"He was very kind to me on numerous occasions."

"In a business way, perhaps?"

"Largely in a business way, yes."

"It--pardon me--usually had to do with raising money, had it not?"

North laughed.

"It had."

"You were familiar with certain little peculiarities of his, were you
not, his mistrust of banks for instance?"

"Yes, he had very little confidence in banks, judging from what he said
of them."

"Did he ever tell you that he had large sums of money hidden away about
the store?"

"Never."

"But always when you had business dealings with him he gave you the
ready money, very rarely a check?"

"Never in all my experience a check, always the cash."