"No, I hadn't heard of it till my arrival in New York can you tell me anything about the matter? Has the box been found?"
"Not that I have heard, sir."
"Was, or is, anybody suspected?"
"I was suspected," answered Luke, smiling, "but I don't think any one suspects me now."
"You!" exclaimed the capitalist, in evident astonishment. "What could induce any one to suspect a boy like you of robbing a bank?"
"There was some ground for it," said Luke candidly. "A tin box, of the same appearance as the one lost, was seen in our house. I was arrested on suspicion, and tried."
"You don't say so! How did you prove your innocence?"
"The gentleman who gave me the box in charge appeared and testified in my favor. But for that I am afraid I should have fared badly."
"That is curious. Who was the gentleman?"
Luke gave a rapid history of the circumstances already known to the reader.