Making His Mark

by Jr. Horatio Alger

"I saw him take a bill from the drawer this afternoon. Suppose you examine it, and see if you miss anything."

The grocer opened the drawer hastily.

"I can't tell," he said, slowly. "I didn't keep track of the bills in the drawer."

"I did. There was a five-dollar bill paid by Mr. Bacon for a barrel of flour."

"So there was, Brandon—so there was."

"See if you can find the five-dollar bill in the drawer."

"No, I can't," returned Mr. Tubbs, after a brief examination.

"Then that was the bill the boy took."

"I can't believe it; so young, too, and so honest-looking!"

"He is evidently very artful," said Brandon. "I am sorry, Mr. Tubbs, I am really sorry to be obliged to inform against him, but I felt it to be my duty."