There was that other check not accounted for yet; and I can't afford to lose any more, and that's a fact.

Then you think I ought to have cashed it ?" Anderson's face twitched a little.

Then he said, as if it were wrung out of him, "On general principles, I should not call it good business to repeat a transaction of that kind until the first was made right." The druggist looked relieved.

"Well, I am glad to hear you say so.

I hated to--" "But Captain Carroll may be as good pay in the end as I am," interrupted Anderson.