Again Linda was deeply thoughtful.
"Is there anything I can do," she inquired, "to prevent that account from being changed or drawn out previous to my coming of age ?" Then Mr.Worthington grew thoughtful.
"Yes," he said at last.

"If you are dissatisfied, if you feel that you have reason to believe that money rightfully belonging to you is being diverted to other channels, you have the right to issue an injunction against the bank, ordering it not to pay out any further money on any account nor to honor any cheques drawn by Miss Strong until the settlement of the estate.

Ask your guardian to execute and deliver such an injunction, or merely ask him, as your guardian and the administrator of the estate, to give the bank a written order to that effect." "But because he is engaged to Eileen, I told him I would not bring him into this matter," said Linda.

"I told him that I would do what I wanted done, myself." "Well, how long is it until this coming birthday of yours ?" inquired Mr.
Worthington.
"Less than two weeks," answered Linda.
For a time the financier sat in deep thought, then he looked at Linda.
It was a keen, searching look.

It went to the depths of her eyes; it included her face and hair; it included the folds of her dress, the cut of her shoe, and rested attentively on the slender hands lying quietly in her lap.
"I see the circumstances very clearly," he said.