Part 18 (1/2)
”And I'lad you made them pay up on the spot,” he said ”For if those circus people had been allowed to leave toould never have gotten a cent”
And to show his gratitude, he bought a razor and strop for himself, and a pair of scissors for his wife
”There will not be ,” said Andy to Matt
”So ill have dinner and then one of us can deliver those articles that lady bought”
”I'll deliver the stuff, Andy I fancy the ill brace o on then,” said Andy, and so, after he had had dinner, Matt set out with the bundle of goods under his arm
The way to the lady's house led past the circus, and with a natural curiosity to see as going on, Matt pushed his way through the crowd to where a nu vivid pictures of the hts which the ticket seller said could be seen within
The boy waswhich the ticket seller had, and to ”gain points,” as he called it, for the auction business, he re to all that was said
He was about to leave the crohen a well-dressedbeside him pushed hi froe pocket-book, and apparently well filled
CHAPTER XVI
THE CONFIDENCE MAN
”By Jove! look at that!” cried the man, in a low tone, as he picked up the pocket-book and surveyed it ”That's a find, isn't it?”
”It is, indeed,” returned Matt ”How much is there in it?”
”Co for Matt to offer a reply, he caught the boy by the arh the crowd to an open spot behind a large tree
”I would like to knoho lost this,” went on the azed inside at the contents ”By Jove! look at that pile of bills!” he went on, as he turned the pocket-book around so that Matt ht of what certainly did look like twenty-five or thirty bank bills tucked away in one of the pockets ”Must be a hundred dollars or more in it”
”The owner of that pocket-book will ht to make an effort to find him”
”Of course! of course!” assented the man heartily ”I don't want to keep anybody's money--not if I know it is theirs Let me see if there is a card in it”
He turned the pocket-book around and put his fingers first in one pocket and then another
”Not a blessed thing but that pile of bills,” he went on ”Now, isn't that strange?”
Then he suddenly drew froold watch and looked at it
”Quarter to three!” he exclaimed in a startled tone ”And I must catch the three o'clock train for Baltimore! I haven't time to look up the owner of this pocket-book, valuable as it is”
”You ested Matt