"Can you explain it?"
"No. This gentleman asked me for a magazine, and, on looking for his money, could not find his pocket-book."
"I looked in thy pocket, and straightway found it," supplemented the Quaker.
"What made you look there?" asked the conductor.
"I thought the boy might have yielded to a sudden temptation. It grieves me to think he was so weak."
The detective here spoke.
"Conductor," said he, "do you know this boy well?"
"Yes, sir."
"Has any charge ever been made against him before?"
"No, sir."