remembering what he had seen the evening before

He went to the grocery store, and left his mother's order. Then he took an aimless walk, for Congreve was away, and there was no one else he cared to be with. So he turned to go home. He rather dreaded to enter the house, lest his father might have discovered his loss. In the yard he saw Tom Calder. Tom, remembering what he had seen the evening before, looked at Philip with a significant grin, but said nothing. "What are you grinning at?" demanded Philip, "Nothing. I feel gay and festive, that is all," responded the stable boy. "Where's my father?" "He went out to ride in the buggy." Philip felt relieved. Evidently the loss had not been discovered yet. He was glad to have it put off. "Is there any news?" asked Tom, with another grin. "News? Why should there be any?" "I don't know. I thought you might know of some." "You talk like a fool," said Philip, angrily, and went into the house. "There'll be some news soon, I reckon," said Tom to himself, with a grin. "I won't say nothing till the time comes. Wonder if Philip'll think I am talking like a fool then?" Chapter 35 Throwing Suspicion On Harry During the day Colonel Ross had no occasion to look into his trunk of securities. Clearly, he had no suspicion that he had met with a loss. It might strike the reader as curious that Philip began to be impatient to have his father make the discovery. An impending blow always leads to a state of suspense which is by no means agreeable. When the blow falls, a certain relief is felt. So Philip knew that the discovery would be made sooner or later, and he wanted to have the matter settled, and clear himself at once from suspicion by diverting it to Harry Gilbert. In the hope that his father would find out his loss, he lingered round the house through the afternoon, filling up the time as well as he could. Usually, he would have passed at least a part of the time with James Congreve, but the latter had gone to the city.