“Cheapman’s Department Store.” She smiled triumphantly. “Guess you’ll have to give up the goods!”
“It looks that way,” Belknap smiled. “Now where did you lose it?”
“Haven’t the least idea. Somewhere between starting out from home and getting back there.”
“Day before yesterday?”
“Yep. I went to a whole lot of places——”
“Mention some. You see, the store you speak of sells a good many fur collars, so it all depends on where you left yours.”
The girl’s face fell. “Oh, come now,” she said, “s’pose I don’t want to tell?”
“Then I shall think you’re putting up a game on me, and trying to get a fur collar that doesn’t belong to you.”
“Oh, well, it doesn’t. But it does belong to a friend of mine—and I’m after it for her.”
“And she doesn’t want to admit where she lost it?”