ong. We'll go and watch his discomfiture--and we'll see
him writhe. We'll see him carry things his own way--the only way he
can ever see--and then we'll watch him--man, we'll watch him--Oh, my
boy, my boy! I doubt it's wrong for me to exult over his chagrin, but
that's what I'm going for now. It was the other way before I met you,
but the finding of you has given me a light heart, and I'll watch that
brother-in-law's set-down with right good will."

He told Richard about Amalia, and asked him to wait until he fetched
her, as he wished her to accompany them, but still he said nothing to
him about his cousin Peter. He found Amalia descending the long flight
of stairs, dressed to go out, and knew she had been awaiting him for
the last half hour. Now he led her into the little parlor, while
Richard paced up and down the piazza, and there, where she could see
him as he passed the window to and fro, Larry told her what had come
to him, and even found time to moralize over it, in his gladness.

"That's it. A man makes up his mind to do what's right regardless of
all consequences or his prejudices, or what not,--and from that
moment all begins to grow clear, and he sees right--and things come
right. Now look at the man! He's a fine lad, no? They're both fine
lads--but this one's mine. Look at him I say. Things are to come right
for him, and all through his making up his mind to come back here and
stand to his guns. The same way with Harry King. I've told you the
contention--and at last you know who he is--but mind you, no word yet
to my son. I'll tell him as we walk along. I'm to stop at the bank
first, and if we tell him too soon, he'll be for going to the
courthouse straight. The landlord tells me there's danger of a run on
the bank to-morrow and the only reason it hasn't come to-day is that
the bank's been closed all the morning for the trial. I'm thinking
that was policy, for whoever heard of a bank's being closed in the
morning for a trial--or anything short of a death or a holiday?"

"But if it is now closed, why do we wait to go there? It is to do
nothing we make delay," said Amalia, anxiously.

"I told Decker to send word to the cashier to be there, as a deposit
is to be made. If he can't be there for that, then it's his own fault
if to-morrow finds him unprepared." Larry stepped out to meet Richard
and introduced Amalia. He had already told Richard a little of her
history, and now he gave her her own name, Manovska.