But you have something else on your mind."
"I see I never keep anything from you, mother. You seem to know my
thoughts."
"Well, what is it?"
"I have been thinking, mother, that our little property was hardly so
productive as it ought to be,--earning barely six per cent., while I
know that many of my friends are getting eight, and even ten."
"I am afraid that the extra interest is only to pay for the risk of
losing all."
"True, that is often the case; but I think we can make all safe."
"Well, what do you propose doing?"
"I have left it with Mr. Sandford, an acquaintance of mine, to invest
for me. He is secretary of an insurance company, and knows all the ways
of the money-lending world."
"It's a great risk, Walter, to trust our all."
"Not our all, mother. I have a salary, and, whatever may happen, we can
always depend on that. Besides, Mr. Sandford is a man of integrity and
credit. He has the unlimited confidence of the company, and I rely upon
him as I would upon myself."
"How has he invested it? Have you got the securities?"
"Not yet, mother. I have left the money on his note for the present;
and when he has found a good chance to loan it, he will give me the
mortgages or stocks, as the case may be.
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