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"I just had a talk with Mr. Compton," he replied. "He sent for me and I had to tell
him something that I didn't want to tell him, although he's got to find it out
sooner or later anyway."
"Is there something wrong at the plant?" she asked.
"
Wrong doesn't describe it," he exclaimed bitterly. "The man that he has done the
most for and in whose loyalty he ought to have the right of implicit confidence, is
robbing him blind."
"Bince?" asked the girl. Jimmy nodded. "I didn't like that pill," she said, "from
the moment I saw him."
"Nor I," said Jimmy, "but he is going to marry Miss Compton and inherit the
business. He's the last man in the place that Compton would suspect. It was just
like suggesting to a man that his son was robbing him."
"
Have you got the goods on him?" asked Edith.
"
"
I will have as soon as the C.P.A.'s get to digging into the pay-roll," he replied,
and I just as good as got the information I need even without that. Well, let's
forget our troubles. What shall we do?"
"What do you want to do?" she asked.
He could not tell by either her tone or expression with what anxiety she awaited
his reply. "Suppose we do something exciting, like going to the movies," he
suggested with a laugh.
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