Shortly after noon he rode back to the house and came upon Mary in the
kitchen.
"I've put off askin' until now," he said while eating the food that
Mary placed before him. "How much money did dad leave?"
"Not much," she said. "He was never very prosperous. It took a great
deal to send me to school, and the thousand I sent you I saved myself
out of the allowance he gave me. I think there are three thousand
dollars to father's credit at the bank in Okar."
"Where's Okar?"
She looked quickly at him. "Don't you remember Okar? That little town
just beyond the mouth of the basin? Why, you've been there a good many
times, Will, on errands for father. There wasn't much to Okar when you
were here--just a few shanties and a store. Surely you remember!"
Sanderson flushed. "I reckon I do remember, now that you speak of it,"
he lied. "But I don't think Okar has grown much."
"Okar has grown to be an important town--for this locality," Mary
smiled. "You see, the railroad has made it grow. It is now quite
large, and has a bank and a dozen or more stores.
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