"You lie!" said the man, ferociously.
"I tell the truth. You had in your hand Mr. Bradford's wallet, which you had taken from his pocket, and you were about transferring it to your own."
"Ha!" exclaimed the engineer, a sudden light breaking upon him. "Were you a passenger on this train?"
"Yes."
"Did you see him, Paul, in your rounds?" asked the official.
"No. I am sure he was not on the train."
"The boy lies! As if he could remember all the passengers!"
"Here is a man that will remember," said Paul, as the conductor came up. "Mr. Bingham, was this man a passenger?"
The conductor scanned the face of the wrecker, and promptly answered:
"No. If I had collected fare from him I should have remembered him."