"I don't know. When I went for some grub he was watchin' Fred Byram what we caught followin' us."
"What had been done with the money?"
"He had all that was left but ten dollars, an' I was goin' to spend that."
"What had Fred Byram done to you?"
"Tried to get the stuff, so's his chum wouldn't be sent to jail."
"How did he know you had the bills?"
"That's what puzzles me, 'less Gus give himself away to Skip Miller."
"Have you seen your friend since you left him to go in search of provisions?"
"If I had he'd been used up pretty bad for runnin' off with the cash after coaxin' me to leave town with him."
Very little more in the way of evidence was needed, and in a short time Sam was told by the judge that there was nothing to show he was at fault in the matter, except so far as being careless in lying down to sleep, while having such an amount of money in his pocket.