"My name," said the stranger, "is Peters-Jonathan Peters, of Craneville, Onondaga County. I am a farmer, and don't know much about New York. I've got a few hundred dollars that I want to put into government bonds."
"All right," said Frank, "there won't be any difficulty about it."
"I've heerd there are a good many swindlers in New York," continued Mr. Peters. "The squire-Squire Jackson, of our village-perhaps you may have heard of him?"
"I don't think I have, Mr. Peters."
"Well, the squire told me I'd better take good keer of my money, as there were plenty of rascals here who would try to cheat me out of it."
"That is true, Mr. Peters. Only yesterday I was robbed of thirty-five dollars by a man who boarded in the same house."
"You don't say so?"
"He opened my trunk and took out my p
