“Well, I seen it,” said Sol.

“Oh, yes, you saw it. Well, did you go over to it and make a mark on it so you’d know it again?”

“No, I never done that,” admitted Sol. 255

“Don’t you know the banks are full of little sacks of money like that?” Hammer wanted to know.

“I reckon maybe they air,” Sol replied.

“And this one might be any one of a thousand like it, mightn’t it, Sol?”

“Well, I don’t reckon it could. That’s the one Isom had.”

“Did you step over where the dead body was at and heft it?”

“’Course I never,” said Sol.

“Did you open it and count the money in it, or tie a string or something onto it so you’d know it when you saw it again?”