CHAPTER XXX
LUKE WALTON IS SUSPECTED OF THEFT
Harold was prepared for the announcement, as he felt confident his aunt would soon discover her loss, but he felt a little nervous, nevertheless.
"You don't mean it?" he ejaculated, in well-counterfeited, surprise.
"It's a fact."
"When did Aunt Eliza discover her loss, Felicie?"
"As soon as she got home. She went to her drawer to put back some money she had on hand, and found the pocketbook gone."
"Was there much money in it?"
"She doesn't say how much."