LOGIZE 174
XXVII THE ARREST 181
XXVIII MR. CHASE IS BROUGHT TO JUSTICE 188
XXIX HARRY BECOMES A "BONDHOLDER" 196
XXX CONGREVE'S SCHEME 203
XXXI THE TEMPTER 210
XXXII PHILIP DOES NOT FEEL HAPPY 214
XXXIII STEALING THE BONDS 217
XXXIV PHILIP GETS RID OF HIS PLUNDER 224
XXXV THROWING SUSPICION ON HARRY 231
XXXVI HARRY IS CHARGED WITH THEFT 237
XXXVII SEARCHING THE COTTAGE 244
XXXVIII PHILIP'S SURPRISE 251
XXXIX HOW CONGREVE SUCCEEDED 257
XL PREPARING TO PROSECUTE 265
XLI HARRY MANAGES HIS OWN CASE 269
XLII CONCLUSION 277

THE TIN BOX

CHAPTER I

A COLLISION

"Have you finished breakfast already, Harry?" asked Mrs. Gilbert, as
Harry rose hurriedly from the table and reached for his hat, which hung
on a nail especially appropriated to it.

"Yes, mother. I don't want to be late for the store. Saturday is always
a busy day."

"It is a long day for you, Harry. You have to stay till nine o'clock in
the evening."

"I am always glad to have Saturday come, for then I can get my money,"
replied Harry, laughing. "Well, good-by, mother--I'm off."

"What should I do without him?" said Mrs. Gilbert to herself, as Harry
dashed out of the yard on the way to Mead's grocery store, where he had
been employed for six months.

That would have been a difficult question to answer. Mrs. Gilbert was
the widow of a sea captain, who had sailed from the port of Boston three
years before, and never since been heard of.

It was supposed that the vessel was lost with all hands, but how the
disaster occurred, or when, was a mystery that seemed never likely to be
solved.

Captain Gilbert had left no property except the small cottage, which was
mortgaged for half its value, and a small sum of money in the savings
bank, which, by this time, was all expended for the necessaries of
life.

Fortunately for the widow, about the time this sum gave out Harry
obtained a situation at Mead's grocery store, with a salary of four
dollars a week. This he regularly paid to his mother, and, with the
littl