"You are trying to get rid of telling me the truth. Did you steal this money?"
"No, I didn't," answered Clip, indignantly. "I nebber steal."
"I am glad to hear it. Then, if you didn't steal it, how did you get it?"
Clip scratched his kinky hair. He was puzzled.
"I done found it," he answered, at length.
"Where did you find it?"
"In de—de street."
"When and where?"
"Dis mornin', when I was comin' from breakfast."
"If you found it, there would be no objection to your keeping it," he said, "provided you could not find the original owner."