"Moreover, I think if you inquire, you will find that some of the stolen money was disposed of in this saloon. Your son only went out ten minutes since. Suppose you inquire whether he has changed a five-dollar bill here recently."
"I will do so."
Ezra Little went up to the cashier.
"I understand," he said, "that my son comes in here frequently."
"Yes, sir, he was here this evening."
"Can you call to mind whether you have ever changed a five-dollar bill for him?"
"I did so about a week since. Was there anything wrong about the bill?"
"I only asked out of curiosity."
Ezra was a hard man, but he was not altogether unjust.