“Did he have black hair?” he asked.
“Yes.”
“And a face that had not been shaved for a week?”
“Yes; as well as I could see in the dim light.”
“And wasn’t very tall?”
“No; he was rather short and thickset, with a ragged suit of clothes.”
“It’s the very man that called at our house!” exclaimed Herbert, in excitement.
Of course, he was questioned, and gave an account of the call of Hogan, in which he appeared to considerably greater advantage than he had actually done.
“He was very impudent,” said Herbert, boastfully; “but I gave him to understand that I would have him arrested if he didn’t leave pretty quick.”
“Did that frighten him?” asked a neighbor, with a queer smile.