"Oh, Reliance, do you really?"
"Yes, I do. We go right by the miller's house and I am going to stop there and ask them what they know about it all."
"Do you think the miller did it?"
"Oh, no, he wouldn't do such a wicked thing; he is a very nice man, but he might have seen Jetty about the place and we may be able to find out something."
To Edna's satisfaction a small footbridge was discovered a short distance below and on this they crossed, reaching the miller's house just after. The miller himself was just going in the gate. Reliance marched up to him and without wasting words, said: "Do you know how this little dog happened to get into the mill pond?"
The miller paused and looked down at the black nose peeping from its scarlet wrapping.
"That little dog? I saw him around the mill this morning. A man that has been driving for me said he found it along the road. Is it your dog?"
"No, it belongs to Alcinda Hewlett."
"Bob Hewlett's daughter?"
"Yes, her father keeps the store and is the postmaster."