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live so well. He would have been even more amazed had he known that the weekly rent of the room he was in was twelve dollars. "You've got a splendid room, Uncle Jacob," he said. "I shouldn't think you could afford to live in such style." "Some of my friends think I am extravagant," observed Jacob Marlowe with a smile. "Perhaps they are right." "I am afraid you can't save anything," went on Bert gravely. "What if you should get sick?" "I see, Bert, you are more prudent than I am. However I have invested some of my money in the Magnet Mine, and it is likely to double. So I feel justified in making myself comfortable." "I am glad to hear that, Uncle Jacob. You deserve to succeed, you are so kind to others." "I am glad you think so, Bert. I want to do some good while I live. It gives a man something to live for." After supper, which was taken at a restaurant near by, Uncle Jacob said: "Now let us come to business. I promised your father that I would do what I could to prove him innocent of the charge made against him ten years since." "Where is my father? Is he in the city?" "No; it is not safe for him to stay here, as he is subject to arrest, and might be recognized. He has gone back to Canada. Do you know the particulars of his story?" "Yes; mother told me all about it last night." "You know, then, that a young man named Ralph Harding informed against him, and that it was his testimony that led to your father's arrest." "Yes." "Your father is under the impression that this Harding was in league with Albert Marlowe, and was employed by him to throw suspicion upon your father. The weak point of the prosecution was that your father could only be connected with the five-hundred dollar bond found in his overcoat pocket, while a large balance was wholly unaccounted for. That made it seem like a cunning conspiracy, as undoubtedly it was." "Were the other bonds never traced?" "I understand not. No list of the numbers had been kept, and, not being registered, they could easily be sold. Your father thinks that upon these the present prosperity of Albert Marlowe was built up." "How are we to prove that?" "It will be difficult. One thing is absolutely essential. We must find this Ralph Harding, and persuade him, if we can, to exonerate your father and place the guilt where it properly belongs." "Does father know where to find Harding?" "No; if he did, the greatest difficulty in our way wou
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