Former payments to
McGowan had been made in this way. There was therefore no proof
that this sum had been diverted into illegitimate channels.
McGowan was paid that same Monday afternoon, Jack bringing the
papers to the contractor's office, where they were signed in the
presence of Murphy and his clerk.
And so the matter was closed, each and every one concerned being
rejoiced over the outcome.
"Mr. Minott (it was 'Mr.' now) had a big stack of money over at
his stepfather's bank," was Murphy's statement to a group around a
table in one of the bar-rooms of the village. "He was in a big
deal, so Mac thinks, and didn't want to haul any of it out. So
when he died Mr. Breen never squawked--just went over and told the
old man that Mac wanted the money and to fork out; and he did,
like a good one. I seen the check, I tell ye. Oh! they're all in
together. Mr. Breen's kin to them New York folks, and so is Mrs.
Minott. He's her father, I hear. I think Mac shot off his mouth
too quick, and I told him so, but he was so het up he couldn't
keep still.
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