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"There is not a doubt of it," answered Fox. "There's an account of the loss
of the vessel in the New York Herald. I cut it out, and have it in my
pocket-book. Would you like to see it?"
"If you please."
Mr. Fox produced the scrap, and asked triumphantly, "Doesn't that settle
it?"
"Suppose that it does, what then?"
"What then? It follows that Harry's money comes to me and my family, as
the only surviving relatives. You've got money of his, the boy told me."
"Yes."
"About how much?"
"About three hundred dollars."
"So I thought. That money ought to be handed over to me."
"I don't see that, Mr. Fox."
"You don't see that?" interrogated Fox sharply. "Do you mean to keep it
yourself?"
"Not for my own use; I am not that kind of a man, Mr. Fox. But I have no
authority to hand the money over in the unceremonious way you expect."
"Why not? Isn't the boy dead?"
"I have no proof of it."
"What better proof do you want than the New York Herald?"
