And besides, after all the rewards you have won you must be quite a well-to-do man by this time, and able to indulge in a little philanthropy." Cleek smiled.
"I will indulge in it, of course," he said, "but not for that reason, Mr.Narkom.I wonder how much it will surprise you to learn that, at the present moment, I have just one hundred pounds in all the world ?" "My dear fellow!" Narkom exclaimed, with a sort of gasp, staring at him in round-eyed amazement.

"You fairly take away my breath.

Why, you must have received a fortune since you took up these special cases.

Fifty or sixty thousand pounds at the smallest calculation." "More! To be precise, I have received exactly seventy-two thousand pounds, Mr.Narkom.But, as I tell you, I have to-day but one hundred pounds of that sum left.

Lost in speculation?
Oh, dear no! I've not invested one farthing in any scheme, company, or purchase since the night you gave me my chance and helped me to live an honest life." "Then in the name of Heaven, Cleek, what has become of the money ?" "It has gone in the cause of my redemption, Mr.Narkom," he answered in a hushed voice.