“I’ll bet Chester Rand has left town with the money,” he groaned. “Oh, it’s awful to have your hard earnin’s carried off so sudden. I’ll send Chester to jail unless he returns it—every cent of it.”
Here Abel entered the store, followed by Chester.
CHAPTER VIII.
A SCENE IN THE GROCERY STORE.
“So you’ve come, have you, you young thief?” said Silas, sternly, as Chester entered the store. “Ain’t you ashamed of yourself?”
“No, I’m not,” Chester answered, boldly. “I’ve done nothing to be ashamed of.”
“Oh, you hardened young villain. Give me the money right off, or I’ll send you to jail.”
“I hear from Abel that the store was robbed last night, and I suppose from what you say that you suspect me.”
“So I do.”