"Do you remember whether you laid it down anywhere?"
"Yes; I laid it on the bureau in my room."
"Then how could I have seen it? I don't go into your room."
"Nor I," put in Loammi.
"I hope you don't suspect either of us of stealing it," said Scott, gravely.
"I don't know what to think. Loammi tells me that you have in your possession a five-dollar bill. The pocketbook contained a five-dollar bill."
"Yes, Mrs. Little; I have a five-dollar bill of my own, I have had it for some time. This Loammi knew, and also where I got it."
"I don't know anything about that. But it seems very strange what can have become of the money."
"Ma," put in Loammi, "tell me in what sort of a pocketbook you kept the money?"
Mrs. Little gave a description of it.