"I came to the house and saw my mother. Mr. Langmore had gone to the bank. There had been a family row, but that was not all of the trouble. Mr. Langmore was strangely excited, so my mother said, and had declared he was going to have somebody arrested, before the week was out."
"On account of the counterfeits?"
"Either that, or on account of a patent. She said he had sent off several letters and was also going to telegraph to somebody. She said he had asked her to give back the hundred dollar bills, and had been much disturbed when she told him that I had them. She took the bills back and gave me good money for them, and also gave me two hundred dollars more, to forward to my brother Dick, which I did, adding a hundred of my own."
"Did your mother tell you anything more about the counterfeits?"
"No."
"Did you see Miss Langmore?"
"I did not, nor did I see the servant. I was in a hurry, and so I came away as soon as my business was accomplished."
"When you came away from the house and dropped your hat, did you go back again, crawling along by the bushes?"
"I certainly did not."
"Did you see any other man around?"