"Who said I did?" asked Joshua, boldly, though he looked a little pale.
"The woman who bought it of you was in the store to-day."
"Did she say I sold it to her?"
"Yes."
"Did she know my name?"
"No, but she described you."
"So I did," said Joshua, finding it advisable to remember. "I remember now I sold it for five dollars."
"What made you keep the money?"
"I didn't. I waited till Conrad came into the store, and gave the money to him. What he did with it, I don't know. Perhaps he forgot to put it in the drawer," he added, with a spiteful look at Walter.
"That's a lie, Joshua Drummond!" said Walter, quietly, "and you know it is. I think your father knows it is also."