But, really, Homer, I have never asked her what she thought of him." "Do you know, Auntie Sue," said the banker, reflectively, "I never did believe that Brian Kent was a criminal at heart." "I know he is not," she returned stoutly.

"But, tell me, Homer, how did it ever happen ?" "Well, you see," he answered, "young Kent had a wife who couldn't somehow seem to fit into his life.

Ross never went into the details with me, fully, because that, of course, had no real bearing on the fact that he stole the money from the bank.

But it seems that the youngster was rather ambitious,--studied a lot outside of business hours and that sort of thing.

I know he made his own way through business college before he came to us.