Every sad face brightened.
“No, I haven’t, Pip!” exclaimed Sid.
“But you thaid tho.”
“No, I meant that I knew what had become of it.”
“O! O!” said Pip. “But what hath become of it?”
Sid here looked about him, to make sure that no one outside of the club was listening.
“Well, boys, I think Tim Tyler took it”
“What makes-you think so?” inquired the governor.
“It has just come to me that I saw Tim Tyler go down the lane after school, and a tin dipper stuck out of his pocket.”
“You did?” asked several.