"Well, I don't know. I am honest, and so, I believe, is Grant." "Thank you, sir," said Grant, gratefully. "It just occurred to me," said Ford, "to ask my mother if she has at any time lost or mislaid her keys." "Well thought of, Mr. Ford," and Mr. Reynolds turned to his housekeeper for a reply. "No," answered Mrs. Estabrook. "I keep my keys in my pocket, and I have them there yet." So saying, she produced four keys attached to a ring. "Then," continued Ford, "if Grant chances to have a key which will fit the bureau drawer, that would be evidence against him." "Show me any keys you may have, Grant," said the broker. Grant thrust his hand in his pocket and drew out two keys. He looked at them in astonishment. "One of them unlocks my valise," he said. "The other is a strange key. I did not know I had it." Ford smiled maliciously. "Let us see if it will open the bureau drawer," he said. The party adjourned to the housekeeper's room. The key was put into the lock of the bureau drawer and opened it at once. "I think there is no more to be said," said Willis Ford, triumphantly. Grant looked the picture of surprise and dismay. CHAPTER XVIII GRANT'S ENEMIES TRIUMPH It is not too much to say that Grant was overwhelmed by the