“I know you did, Reilly. I handled it and put a display head on it. It went up in time, but it isn’t in. Who took that copy?” he asked, turning to the three boys who stood to one side of the room. No one answered for a second or two.
“It was written on yellow paper,” went on Mr. Emberg.
“I—I did,” replied Larry, wondering what was going to happen.
“What did you do with it?”
“I—I gave it to Peter,” faltered Larry.
“You did not!” cried the other office boy, in an angry voice.
CHAPTER VIII
PETER IS DISCHARGED
“Yes, I did,” replied Larry firmly. “I started down the hall with it as soon as Mr. Emberg gave it to me. You stood near the tube with some other copy and you said you’d send mine up for me.”
“How about that, Peter?” asked Mr. Emberg.