"Yes, I do," answered the miner, promptly.
"Then you know it was this same sneaking boss's pet, Derrick Sterling."
"No, I don't."
"I tell you I saw him do it!" cried Job, in a rage. "Him and the hunchback went up to the board together, and when the boss stepped away, so they thought nobody wasn't looking, the pet slipped 'em into his pocket. I saw it with my own eyes."
"An' I tell yer yer lie!" shouted Monk Tooley. "Here's de checks, an' dey come outen yer own pocket, yer black-hearted old scoundrel!"
At these astounding words Job Taskar sprang towards Monk Tooley with clinched fists, as though to strike him, and all present watched for the encounter in breathless suspense.
Just then the door behind them was pushed open, and standing on its threshold they saw the mine boss and Derrick Sterling.