Bert looked astonished, then gulped chokingly. Did Prescott and his friends intend to deny the charge?
"No one had to see you take the tires," Bert went on angrily. "All that is necessary is for us to discover the merchandise on you!"
"Then you have missed some tires, and you think I'm wearing them?"
Dick chuckled.
"Don't try to sneak, lie or equivocate" commanded Bert Dodge, his face flushing with anger. "Those are my tires hanging from that line!"
"Are they?" Prescott inquired, in a tone of the mildest curiosity.
"You know they are!"
"Then, if the tires are your property, just help yourself!" Dick coolly answered. "If they are your tires, I will even offer to forego making any storage charges for the time they have been. hanging there."
"Hang you!" choked Bert
Then he turned to the man with them, demanding:
"Don't you see a pretty clear case of grand larceny here?"