"I guess you'd better stay till the end of the week," said Mr. Tubbs. "I can't fill your place right off."
"I will do so to oblige you. If another such charge is brought against me I shall leave you at once."
Here Mr. Barton made his purchase. As he left the store he said:
"Call and see me, Gerald; we can talk this matter over."
When the bank officer had left the store Mr. Tubbs said:
"There seems to be a great mystery about this robbery."
"Yes, sir," answered Brandon.
"Mr. Barton seems to vouch for Gerald."
"He is a good man, but not very sharp. He is surely taken in."
That evening when Gerald went home he said to his stepmother: