"I mean the boy Conrad, whose mother was so anxious to fix the guilt upon your young secretary. If you have the slightest doubt about it, invite the young gentleman to accompany you to Simpson's to redeem the opera glass."
"I will."
CHAPTER XXIX — SOME UNEXPECTED CHANGES
When Conrad came home his first visit was to his mother.
"Has anything been found out about the stolen opera glass?" he asked, with a studied air of indifference.
"I should say there had," she answered. "I followed the clew you suggested, and searched the boy's room. On the bureau I found the pawn ticket."
"You don't say so! What a muff Ben must have been to leave it around so carelessly! What did you do with it?"
"I waited till Mr. Lynx was conferring with Cousin Hamilton, and then I carried it in and gave it to them."