"Yes."
"That information may prove important. Were the bills all on one bank?"
"No, from several. Some, I think, were silver certificates."
"If this had happened in England the numbers of the notes would have been noted."
"Exactly. That is one advantage the English detectives have over ours. May I ask if you have been retained by Adin Dunham to work out the case?"
"No; I haven't even seen him since the robbery, but as he is a neighbor I naturally take an interest in the affair. If I can do anything to ferret out the thief, or recover the money, I will do so gladly, and it shall cost Dunham nothing."
"Your words do you credit, Squire Bates," said the agent, warmly.
"I think I have misjudged Bates. He is a better man than I gave him credit for," reflected Thomas Marks.
"I sympathize with the poor man heartily," continued the squire, following up the favorable impression which he could see that he had made. "A thousand dollars is a fortune to him. To us, Mr. Marks, it would not be so important."