“But this clears Lawrence, Basswood, and Beggs,” cried Dave. “And it clears Roger and myself.”
“Yes! yes! so it does, Porter!”
“Don’t you believe it, Doctor Clay!” cried Nat, leaping to his feet. “It does nothing of the sort! That paper is no kind of evidence at all!” And thus speaking, the money-lender’s son glared defiantly at Dave and Roger.
CHAPTER XXII
AFTER THE RUNAWAYS
“Why, Nat, what do you mean?” demanded Dave.
“I mean just what I say!” declared the money-lender’s son. “This is a frame-up, nothing more! I understand it all now, although I didn’t at first.”
“What do you mean by ‘a frame-up,’ Poole?” demanded Doctor Clay.