"Why, what has he done now?"
"I do not refer to any new action on his part. I refer to this post office affair."
Mrs. Nelson breathed easier. For the moment she had feared some new difficulty between Ralph and Percy.
"I thought that matter had passed," she said.
"Passed! I rather imagine not, madam!
"I mean so far as my son is concerned. They had him up for examination, and he was honorably discharged."
"That committee of post office officials didn't know its business," growled Squire Paget, wrathfully. "It was worse than a lot of old hens getting together."
"That may be your opinion, squire. It is not the opinion of all the folks, however."
"Madam, your son had something to do with that robbery!" ejaculated the great man, springing to his feet. "He cannot fool me, no matter how much he fools the other Westville people."
"Ralph had absolutely nothing to do with it!" returned the widow, warmly. "You might as well say your own son was implicated."