"Yes," Fred explained, "he was with some other men, canal-men we
thought they were, that boarded us between Utica and Rome and we
couldn't get rid of them. I thought at first they were going to
try to take the Black Growler away from us, but they didn't do
that and when Mr. Stevens came along in the Caledonia and stopped
to help us they all ran away. We didn't think that we would ever
see any of them again, but up here at Cape Vincent who should
show up but this man."

"What did he come for?" inquired Mr. Button. "We couldn't
understand it at first," replied Fred, "but, Grandfather, we
found under a cushion a bond for five thousand dollars."

"You did WHAT?"

"We found a bond for five thousand dollars."

"What kind of a bond was it?"

"I don't know," said Fred somewhat foolishly. "I know it was a
railroad bond."

"What did you do with it?"

"We took it to the bank in Cape Vincent. We left it there with
the man who is in charge."

"Did you get a receipt for it?"