THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS [Illustration: "_Now state your problem_"] THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS BY ANNA KATHARINE GREEN AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "THE MILLIONAIRE BABY," "THE MAYOR'S WIFE," "THE FILIGREE BALL," ETC., ETC. BOSTON RICHARD G. BADGER THE GORHAM PRESS 1910 Copyright, 1909, by Richard G. Badger Copyright, 1908 and 1909, by the Crowell Publishing Company All Rights Reserved The Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I "Do you know what would happen to him" 9 II "Thousands in that safe" 17 III "How does it stand" 23 IV "Stenographers must be counted" 29 V "I've business with him" 35 VI "If I could tell you his story" 43 VII "I'm sure that I can get them for you" 51 VIII "I did as you bid me" 59 IX "'The safe door is opened,' I cried" 67 X "I have a scheme" 75 XI "She will go in" 81 XII "A block of steel" 89 XIII "I am from headquarters" 95 XIV "You do not answer" 103 XV "Now, if Fellows will stay away" 111 XVI "It was not paper I meant to have" 121 XVII "Now for my part of the bargain" 129 XVIII "What have you done among you" 139 XIX "So that was your motive" 147 XX "A jewel of far greater value" 155 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS OPPOSITE PAGE "Now state your problem" Frontis "He transferred his attention to the door" 38 "Grace, you have misunderstood me" 48 "An old man was looking up at the face of a young girl" 80 "She was ignorant of his presence" 100 "The door opened and Philip Andrews came in" 144 "'R. S. T.,' read the official" 152 "He was even present at the wedding" 158 THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS CHAPTER I "_Do you know what would happen to him?_" "Now state your problem."