"Well, I shall put my three thousand dollars into bonds," she said. "They can be registered, so that no one can use them except the rightful owner, and the interest is payable in gold." "I don't know anything about bonds," said Morton, "especially these American bonds, which sometimes depreciate very fast." "Oh! the bonds of the United States are good anywhere," she replied, "and they will sell for their face in England or Canada just as well as here. They are the best securities there are. I have some now, and I intend to get some more." While talking, Morton picked up a card which was in her work-basket, and saw that it was an advertisement of a gift concert or lottery. She noticed it, and said that it had been left there by a man named Druen, who used to come to see her. She said that he had stolen a five-hundred-dollar bond from her, however, and he had never been there since. Soon afterward she went to sleep again, and did not awake until evening, as she was very tired from the effects of the ball. Morton remained in the house all day; and, when she woke up, he got supper for her. She seemed very much pleased at his thoughtfulness, and said that she never had had any one so kind to her since she left her husband. "I want you to go to the bank with me some day," she said, "as I want to draw the interest on some of my coupons, and then you will see what good securities American bonds are." "I shall be very glad to go with you," said Morton; "for, if they are really good securities, I will invest some money in them." "Oh! there is nothing better," she replied, "and I will show you mine." She then took out the pocket-book she had shown him before, and unfolded one of the pieces of paper. Morton saw that it was a five-hundred-dollar bond, of the issue of 1865, payable in 1885, with about twenty or thirty coupons attached. He was so surprised and excited at seeing the bond, that he could hardly tell what to do, and so he failed to notice the most important point--the number. By the time she had opened the other bond, however, he had his wits a little more under command, and he was able to remember that the figures of the number were five, seven, one, zero, and some other figure; but he could not recollect positively the order in which they came. "You can go to the bank to-morrow and get the coupons cashed for me, can't you?" she asked, after putting away the bonds. "Oh! certainly, if you wish me to do so," he replied. Then she laughed, and said: "You would be arrested if you should take these bonds to the bank." "How so?" he asked, apparently in great surprise. "Why should I be arrested?" "Because the bonds belong to me, and you would have to give an account of the way in which you obtained them." "Oh! well," he replied, "you could give me an order, and that would make it all right." "Yes, I suppose so," she said, carelessly.