“I don’t know myself. I only know that there is said to be a parcel containing a cloak in my room. This cloak came from the store, and I am suspected of having stolen it.”
“Whew! that’s a serious matter. Of course it is all a mistake?”
“Yes, it is all a mistake.”
“But how could it get to your room unless you carried it there?”
Rodney gave Jasper a sharp look.
“Some one must have taken it there,” he said.
“How on earth did Uncle James find out?”
“An anonymous letter was sent to Mr. Goodnow charging me with theft. Did you hear that articles have been missed for some time from the stock?”
“Never heard a word of it,” said Jasper with ready falsehood.
“It seems the articles are missing from our room, and some one in the room is suspected of being the thief.”