olice!" said Cameron again. "It's a joke, Dunn."

"I wish to Heaven it were, Cameron, old man! But I have it straight from
Mr. Rae, your family solicitor. They want you."

"Old Rae?" exclaimed Cameron. "Now what the deuce does this all mean?"

"Don't you really know, old chap?" said Dunn kindly, anxiety and relief
struggling in his face.

"No more than you. What did the old chap say, anyway?"

"Something about a Bank; an irregularity, he called it, a serious
irregularity. He's had it staved off for a day."

"The Bank? What in Heaven's name have I got to do with the Bank? Let's
see; I was there a week or ten days ago with--" he paused. "Hang it,
I can't remember!" He ran his hands through his long black locks, and
began to pace the room.

Dunn sat watching him, hope and fear, doubt and faith filling his heart
in succession.

Cameron sat down with his face in his hands. "What is it, old man? Can't
I help you?" said Dunn, putting his hand on his shoulder.

"I can't remember," muttered Cameron. "I've been going it some, you
know. I had been falling behind and getting money off Potts. Two weeks
ago I got my monthly five-pound cheque, and about ten days ago the usual
fifty-pound cheque to square things up for the year, fees, etc. Seems to
me I cashed those. Or did Potts? Anyway I paid Potts. The deuce take it,
I can't remember! You know I can carry a lot of Scotch and never show
it, but it plays the devil with my memory." Cameron was growing more and
more excited.

"Well, old chap, we must go right along to Mr. Rae's office. You don't
mind?"

"Mind? Not a bit. Old Rae has no love for me,--I get him into too much
trouble,--but he's a straight old boy. Just wait till I brush up a bit."
He poured out from a decanter half a glass of whiskey.

"I'd cut that out if I were you," said Dunn.

"Later, perhaps," replied Cameron, "but not to-day."

Within twenty minutes they were ushered into Mr. Rae's private office.
That gentleman received them with a gravity that was portentous in its
solemnity. "Well, Sir, you have succeeded in your task," he said to Mr.
Dunn. "I wish to thank you for this service, a most valuable service to
me, to this young gentleman, and to his family; though whether much may
come of it remains to be seen."

"Oh, thanks," said Dunn hurriedly. "I hope everything will be all
right." He rose to go. Cameron looked at him quickly. There was no
mistaking the entreaty in his face.

Mr. Rae spoke somew