“Ajeeb,” said Barry, “now, you see, that poor devil Stolburst told you truth.”
“Suppose he did?”
“Then you punished him unnecessarily,” replied Billy.
“Oh, no; it was he who stole the Eye of Jobu from the temple.”
“Now,” said the Abyssinian, turning to Enoch, “what did Kidd do with his treasure?”
“It was, in turn, stolen from him.”
Ajeeb gave a great start. He was as far from recovering the Eye of Jobu as ever. But did this fellow speak the truth?
He doubted it.
“You can’t make me believe that story,” said the high priest.
“I saw it stolen.”