"You have got the facts already sir. I told you before I left town that this fellow was one of the thieves."
"That doesn't prove anything," the cashier replied, with a malicious smile.
"I'll prove more than that to you, if you dare show your nose out doors."
"Either leave the office, Brace, or hold your tongue," and now the superintendent spoke in an angry tone.
"Fred, what have you got to say in answer to this boy's story?"
"Not a word, sir. What Joe has told you is true, and if it ain't believed you can serve the warrant which was issued for me, as soon as you please."
"He can't say anything," Gus added, triumphantly. "If Tim was here he could tell you jest why we left Blacktown; but, of course, he don't know about the job this feller is try in' to put up on me."
"Where is Tim?"
"I dunno. He'll likely come home when he can't find me."
"Are you willing to stay here until he returns?"