"It is an afternoon paper, dated to-day. It could not possibly have been put around the box before one o'clock this afternoon."
CHAPTER XII.
HAL IN A FEARFUL SITUATION.
Every one in the room was surprised at Hal Carson's unexpected statement.
"Let me see the paper!" cried Saunders.
Hal handed it over, and the dry-goods clerk scanned it eagerly.
"You are right," he muttered, and shook his head.
"That can't be the same paper that was around the box," put in Dick Ferris, very red in the face.
"It certainly is," replied Hal.