CHAPTER VII.
SILAS TRIPP MAKES A DISCOVERY.
When Silas Tripp went into his store the next day he was startled to find a window in the rear was partially open.
“How did that window come open, Abel?” he asked, as Abel Wood entered the store.
“I don’t know, sir.”
“It must have been you that opened it,” said his employer, sternly.
“I didn’t do it, Mr. Tripp, honest I didn’t,” declared Abel, earnestly.
“Then how did it come open, that’s what I want to know?”
“I am sure I can’t tell.”
“Somebody might have come in during the night and robbed the store.”