“It is strange you didn’t see it. It was in plain sight.”
“So it was. I am very absent-minded.”
Paul Crambo made no answer, but when he went downstairs he said to his wife, “I begin to mistrust that Benton.”
“Why?”
Then Paul told what he had seen.
“You are right, Paul. He wasn’t in there for any good purpose. I can’t say I am very much surprised. I didn’t take any fancy to him.”
“Nor I. I wouldn’t like to have him rob our two friends. They are fine fellows.”
“We had better tell them to-night.”
“I’ll do it before that. I’ll go out to their claim at once. The sooner they know it the better.”
“Do so.”