"Was it a bad-looking one?"
"Yes."
"Then you're right. You might have got nabbed."
"That wasn't the reason I refused. If I had been sure there'd have been no trouble I wouldn't have done it."
"Why not?" asked Dick, who did not understand our hero's scruples.
"Because it's wrong."
Dick shrugged his shoulders.
"I guess you belong to the church," he said.
"No, I don't; what makes you think so?"
"Oh, 'cause you're so mighty particular. I wouldn't mind passing it if I was sure I wouldn't be cotched."