“You’re sure you had ’em up to that time, are you?”
“Yes; I looked them over, and counted them early in the evening.”
“Then, all I can say is that the bonds you’ve got in your hands have been in the house several days. Harry showed them to me when he first got ’em.”
“Really, Mr. Wilkins, I don’t like to doubt the word of an old man like you; but, sir, your statement is absolutely incredible.”
“It is true,” said Mrs. Gilbert. “I, too, assert the same thing.”
“Then you are all in a conspiracy,” said Colonel Ross, in a passion.
“And you have evidently plotted the ruin of an innocent boy,” said Mrs. Gilbert, with spirit.
“You have always pretended to be poor,” continued Colonel Ross, “and now you expect me to believe that your son owns nearly three hundred dollars’ worth of bonds!”
“I do, for it is true.”
“Where did he get them?”