Please, dear,
don't feel so. Why, I will be glad to let him off. I'll help him, Auntie
Sue. I--I--am as glad as you are that we didn't get him. Please don't
feel so about it. There, there,--it is all right, now."
So he comforted and reassured her until she was able to smile through
her tears. "I knew I could depend on you, Homer."
A few minutes later, she said: "And what about that man who is coming to
claim the reward, Homer?"
"Never you mind him!" cried the banker; "I'll fix that. But, tell me,
Auntie Sue, where is young Kent now?"
"He is working in the neighborhood," she returned.
He looked at her shrewdly. "You have seen a lot of him, have you?"
"I have seen him occasionally," she answered. Homer T. Ward nodded his
head, as if well pleased with himself. "You don't need to tell me any
more. I understand, now, exactly. It is very clear what has reformed
Brian Kent; you have been up to your old tricks. It is a wonder you
haven't taken him into your house to live with you,--to save him from
associating with bad people."
He laughed, and when Auntie Sue only smiled, as though humoring him in
his little joke, he added: "By the way, has Betty Jo seen this latest
patient of yours? What does she think of his chances for complete
recovery?"
"Yes," Auntie Sue returned, calmly; "Betty Jo has seen him. But, really,
Homer, I have never asked her what she thought of him.
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