Oh, dear! How little I dreamed of this! I thought him one of the soundest men in the city." "I am pained to hear that you are so deeply involved," said Mr.
Watson.

"But, do not let it trouble you too much.

I will defer my building intentions to another time, and let you have whatever money you may need." Mr.Johnson made no answer.

His eyes were upon the floor and his thoughts away back to the time when he had suffered the great disappointment of seeing his daughter marry the slow, plodding Watson, instead of becoming the wife of the enterprising Mortimer.
"I will try, my son," said he, at length, in a subdued voice, "to get through without drawing upon you too largely.

Ah, me! How blind I have been." "You may depend on me for at least twenty thousand dollars," replied Watson, cheerfully; "and for even more, if it is needed." It was soon known that Mortimer had committed extensive forgeries upon various persons, and that he had left the city.