Carford accused Henry of taking it, and Henry said he had seen nothing
of it. Then came a quarrel, and Mr. Carford, in a fit of temper, drove
Henry away from Snow Lodge. There were bitter words on both sides, and
after that Mr. Carford closed up the place, and has not been near it
since. That is the part of the story Mr. Carford did not tell you."

"But where do you come in, Daddy?" asked Nan. "Did you find the
missing money?"

"No, Nan, though I wish I had. But I was sure Henry had not taken it,
and I tried to make Mr. Carford believe so. That is what he meant by
me trying to do him a favor. But he would not have it so, and, for a
time, he had some feeling against me. But it passed away, for he
realized that I was trying to help him.

"But since then Mr. Carford and his nephew, Henry Burdock, have not
spoken. As I said, Mr. Carford drove the young man away from Snow
Lodge. It was in a raging storm and Henry might have frozen, only I
found him and took him to a hotel. I helped look after him until he
could get a start. It was a very sad affair, and it has spoiled Mr.
Carford's life, for he loved Henry very much."

"And did Henry really take the money?" asked Freddie. "That was
wicked, I think."

"You must not say so, Freddie," spoke Mr. Bobbsey. "We do not know
that Henry did take it. No one knows. It is a mystery. I, myself feel
sure that Henry did not, but I can not prove that he did not take it.
His uncle believes that he did. At any rate the money disappeared."