"No; he is only a working boy."
"Still you think he is honest?"
"Oh, yes."
"How then do you account for the bill's being stolen?"
Percy shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't feel sure that any bill was stolen," he said. "I don't think much of old Jones. I dare say he made up the story."
"That is hardly likely. What object could he have?"
"He wanted to get hold of Bert Barton's bill. Where did Bert get it from? Did he say?"
"He said it was left in an envelope by some old uncle of his."
"Uncle Jacob?"