“Some thieves look very innocent. The only way to clear me is to find out who left the bundle at the house.”
“Doesn’t Mrs. McCarty know anything about it?”
“No; I asked her.”
“Some one might have got into the house without her knowing anything about it. The lock is a very common one. There are plenty of keys that will open it.”
“If we could find some one that saw a person with a bundle go up the steps, that would give us a clew.”
“That’s so. We’ll ask.”
But for several days no one could be found who had seen any such person.
Meanwhile Rodney was at a loss what to do. He was cut off from applying for another place, for no one would engage him if he were refused a recommendation from his late employer. Yet he must obtain some employment for he could not live on nothing.
“Do you think, Mike,” he asked doubtfully, “that I could make anything selling papers?”
“Such business isn’t for you,” answered the telegraph boy.