upon to stock the larder in princely
fashion. The boat would be in readiness to sail by the tenth of April.

"I think you are going in too heavily, Monty," protested Harrison,
twisting his fingers nervously. "I can't for my life figure how you can
get out for less than a fortune, if we do everything you have in mind.
Wouldn't it be better to pull up a bit? This looks like sheer madness.
You won't have a dollar, Monty--honestly you won't."

"It's not in me to save money, Nopper, but if you can pull out a few
dollars for yourself I shall not object."

"You told me that once before, Monty," said Harrison, as he walked to
the window. When he resolutely turned back again to Brewster his face
was white, but there was a look of determination around the mouth.

"Monty, I've got to give up this job," he said, huskily. Brewster
looked up quickly.

"What do you mean, Nopper?"

"I've got to leave, that's all," said Harrison, standing stiff and
straight and looking over Brewster's head.

"Good Lord, Nopper, I can't have that. You must not desert the ship.
What's the matter, old chap? You're as white as a ghost. What is it?"
Monty was standing now and his hands were on Harrison's shoulders, but
before the intensity of his look, his friend's eyes fell helplessly.

"The truth is, Monty, I've taken some of your money and I've lost it.
That's the reason I--I can't stay on. I have betrayed your confidence."

"Tell me about it," and Monty was perhaps more uncomfortable than his
friend. "I don't understand."

"You believed too much in me, Monty. You see, I thought I was doing you
a favor. You were spending so much and getting nothing in return, and I
thought I saw a chance to help you out. It went wrong, that's all, and
before I could let go of the stock sixty thousand dollars of your money
had gone. I can't replace it yet. But God knows I didn't mean to steal."

"It's all right, Nopper. I see that you thought you were helping me.
The money's gone and that ends it. Don't take it so hard, old boy."

"I knew you'd act this way, but it doesn't help matters. Some day I may
be able to pay back the money I took, and I'm going to work until I do."

Brewster protested that he had no use for the money and begged him to
retain the position of trust he had held. But Harrison had too much
self-respect to care to be confronted daily with the man he had
wronged. Gradually Monty realized that "Nopper" was pursuing the most
manly course open