pay for every pang of anxiety that my brother has
suffered."

"Don't be revengeful, Maurice; you know what brother Frank asked of
you."

"He is gone and will never know what happens, so I may be as revengeful
as I wish."

The detective was waiting on the lawn when Maurice Oakley returned. They
went immediately to the library, Oakley walking with the firm, hard
tread of a man who is both exasperated and determined, and the officer
gliding along with the cat-like step which is one of the attributes of
his profession.

"Well?" was the impatient man's question as soon as the door closed upon
them.

"I have some more information that may or may not be of importance."

"Out with it; maybe I can tell."

"First, let me ask if you had any reason to believe that your butler had
any resources of his own, say to the amount of three or four hundred
dollars?"

"Certainly not. I pay him thirty dollars a month, and his wife fifteen
dollars, and with keeping up his lodges and the way he dresses that
girl, he can't save very much."

"You know that he has money in the bank?"

"No."

"Well, he has. Over eight hundred dollars."

"What? Berry? It must be the pickings of years."

"And yesterday it was increased by five hundred more."

"The scoundrel!"

"How was your brother's money, in bills?"

"It was in large bills and gold, with some silver."

"Berry's money was almost all in bills of a small denomination and
silver."

"A poor trick; it could easily have been changed."

"Not such a sum without exciting comment."

"He may have gone to several places."

"But he had only a day to do it in."

"Then some one must have been his accomplice."

"That remains to be proven."

"Nothing remains to be proven. Why, it 's as clear as day that the money
he has is the result of a long series of peculations, and that this last
is the result of his first large theft."

"That must be made clear to the law."

"It shall be."

"I should advise, though, no open proceedings against this servant until
further evidence to establish his guilt is found."

"If the evidence satisfies me, it must be sufficient to satisfy any
ordinary jury. I demand his immediate arrest."

"As you will, sir. Will you have him called here and question him, or
will you let me question him at once?"

"Yes."

Oakley struck the bell, and Berry himself answered it.

"You 're just the man we want," said Oakley, shortly.

Berry looked astonished.