"You know we haven't the stolen stuff."
"And you are sure you don't know anything about those other chaps?" mused the farmer.
"Not a thing," answered Dave. "All we saw was the light just before it went out, and heard the noise."
"It is preposterous to think we would come here to take your silverware," went on Roger, warmly.
"Oh, pop, they are all right," said Bob Lapham. "All the students at Oak Hall are honest fellows."
"I don't know about that," was the grim answer. "They don't seem to be honest when it comes to getting in our orchards."
"I have never been in your orchard," said Dave.
"Nor I," added Shadow.
"Nor I," affirmed the senator's son.