talking to him.

"I hear you are going into business," Cora heard Ida say.

"Well, not exactly business," replied Ed. "I'm going to have some
interest in the bank at New City."

"Oh, yes. I heard about it."

"Say, Ed, have you all that--" began Jack, and then he stopped
quickly. He had been on the point of asking Ed if he had with him
the twenty thousand dollars in cash and negotiable securities, but
he quickly reflected that such a question was not a proper one to
ask on a public road.

"Got what?" inquired Ed with a laugh, but at the same time Cora saw
him frown slightly at her brother.

"I meant to say, have you any of those fish with you that we caught
last time?" asked Jack, laughing rather uneasily.

"Yes, I have them," replied Ed, which was his way of replying to
Jack's implied question.

"Going over to New City?" asked Sid, coming around from an
inspection of the broken radiator.

"Yes; I've some business over there, and as it's getting late I'll
have to hurry. I'll bid you all good-by. Hope you get safely home."