"You did not answer my previous question. I asked you whom you suspected."
"I dislike to make so serious a charge against anyone, sir, but a certain man was seen standing near the door leading down to the platform the day before I fell in. Two persons saw him."
"Who was the man?"
"The man was Spooner, sir."
"You are sure of that?"
"Sure of it according to my information."
"Well, lad, this is Spooner's time check that you have brought to me," replied Mr. Penton in an impressive voice.
"I reckon that evidence would hang a live cat," muttered Bob Jarvis.
"Yes, it is sufficient evidence to warrant my looking up the man and lodging a complaint against him. Was he alone when he was seen at the door of the shaft, or don't you know?"