On the morning of the third day the Syrchester paper was brought in about ten o'clock, as usual, and laid on Mr.
Harum's desk.

John shivered a little, and for some time refrained from looking at it.

At last, more by impulse than intention, he went into the back room and glanced at the first page without taking the paper in his hands.

One of the press dispatches was headed: "Great Excitement on Chicago Board of Trade: Pork Market reported Cornered: Bears on the Run," and more of the same sort, which struck our friend as being the most profitable, instructive, and delightful literature that he had ever come across.

David had been in Syrchester the two days previous, returning the evening before.