answered Herbert, promptly.

The teller selected the requisite number of bank bills quickly, and
passed them out to Herbert. Our hero counted them, to make sure that
they were correct, and then put them away in his inside pocket. It gave
him a feeling of responsibility to be carrying about so much money, and
he felt that it was incumbent on him to be very careful.

"Where shall I go now?" he asked himself.

He would have liked to go to Charlestown, and ascend Bunker Hill
Monument, but did not know how to go. Besides, he feared he would not
get back to the Parker House at the time fixed by Mr. Melville. Still,
he might be able to do it. He addressed himself to a rather sprucely
dressed man of thirty-five whom he met at the door of the bank.

"I beg your pardon, sir, but can you tell me how far it is to Bunker
Hill Monument?"

"About a mile and a half," answered the stranger.

"Could I go there and get back to the Parker House before one o'clock."

"Could you?" repeated the man, briskly. "Why, to be sure you could!"

"But I don't know the way."

"You have only to take one of the Charlestown horse cars, and it will
land you only a couple of minutes' walk from the monument."

"Can you tell me what time it is, sir?"

"Only a little past eleven. So you have never been to Bunker Hill
Monument, my lad?"

"No sir; I live in the country, forty miles away and seldom come to
Boston."

"I see, I see," said the stranger, his eyes snapping in a very peculiar
way. "Every patriotic young American ought to see the place where Warren
fell."

"I should like to if you could tell me where to take the cars."

"Why, certainly I will," said the other, quickly. "In fact--let me see,"
and he pulled out a silver watch from his vest pocket, "I've a great
mind to go over with you myself."

"I shouldn't like to trouble you, sir," said Herbert.

"Oh, it will be no trouble. Business isn't pressing this morning, and
I haven't been over for a long time myself. If you don't object to my
company, I will accompany you."

"You are very kind," said Herbert. "If you are quite sure that you are
not inconveniencing yourself, I shall be very glad to go with you--that
is, if you think I can get back to the Parker House by one o'clock."

"I will guarantee that you do," said the stranger, confidently. "My
young friend, I am glad to see that you are particular to keep your
business engagements. In a varied business experience, I have observed