Silas Bradford's Boy by Joseph C. Lincoln

For several days thereafter he eagerly looked through his mail, hoping to find a letter or at least a note from her. But none came. Nor did he hear from Trent. Fortunately, there was plenty of work to do, and he labored faithfully from morning till night.

One by one the few holdouts among the small stockholders of the Ostable Bank were coming into line. If Davidson would comply with his request for speed in furnishing the particulars concerning the three Western corporations and if, as of course they would be, those particulars were satisfactorily reassuring, then he could obtain Hezekiah Bartlett's proxy, and the merger would be a settled thing. His report to Trent when the latter did return would be proof that the Ostable Bank had made no mistake in selecting its new attorney.