“You had one yourself!” cried Bert. “And so did Sam!”
“I didn’t throw it at the church, though!” Sam cried.
“Neither did I!” declared Bert.
Danny said nothing, but he did not look at Bert.
The principal questioned the boys for a long time, but he could learn nothing more. Sam stuck to it that Bert had broken the window, and though Danny did not actually say so, it was easy to see that he wanted Sam’s story to be believed. And of course Bert said he did not break the stained glass.
“Well, Bert, do you know who broke the window?” asked Mr. Tarton, at last.
For a moment the Bobbsey boy was silent. Then in a low voice he said:
“Yes, sir, I think I know who did it. But I’m not going to tell.”
Danny Rugg’s face grew rather red at this, and he seemed very much interested in looking at something outside the window.
“Well,” said Mr. Tarton, at length, “I can’t make you tell, Bert, and I don’t know that I want to. I hope that the boy who broke the window will be man enough to confess and pay for it. Meanwhile, we shall let the matter rest. You boys may go.”