"Now put in your hand, and take out the money."
Sam did so.
The doctor counted the bills.
"Here are only nine dollars," he said. "Take out the rest."
"There isn't any more," said Sam.
"Don't attempt to deceive me," said his employer, sternly. "It will be the worse for you if you do."
"There isn't any more," persisted Sam, earnestly. "If you don't believe it, you may look yourself."
Dr. Graham did so, and found the statement correct.
"There were twenty dollars in the letter," he said, sternly. "What has become of the other eleven?"
There was no use in persisting in denial further, and Sam made a virtue of necessity.