"You're lyin' now."
"Wish I may die if I didn't."
"Where was he?"
"In Simpson's shoe store, pickin' out a nice new pair of shoes."
"How could the boy get all these things without money?" asked Lyman incredulous.
"There was a big boy wid him was buyin' the things."
"A big boy!" repeated Lyman quickly; "how old was he?"
"Maybe sixteen or seventeen."
An expression, full of dismay, overspread Lyman Taylor's face.
"It is Mark Manning!" he exclaimed. "Quick, boy, tell me where he is."