"Yes."
"And you didn't find the money?"
"No."
"So you conclude that he paid it to me. Let me tell you, young man, that doesn't follow. He may have been robbed when he was lying on the ground insensible."
"I think very likely he was," returned Bob, quietly.
"What do you mean by that?" demanded Wolverton, uneasily. "Who could have robbed him?"
"Possibly some one that we wouldn't be likely to suspect."
"What does he mean? Can he possibly suspect me?" thought Wolverton, fixing his eyes on Bob's face. "But no! I certainly didn't take any money from him."
"You may be right," he said aloud; "but that hasn't anything to do with my claim for interest. Whether your father was robbed of the money, or spent it, is all one to me. It wasn't paid to me, I can certify."
"Would you be willing to swear that the money was not paid to you that day, Mr. Wolverton?"