“I heard a good deal.”
“What did you hear?”
“I heard there was seven hundred thousand dollars in a safe on a steamboat.”
“Oh you rascal!” exclaimed the man.
Ike did not wince, and the man finally said:
“We will hang you unless you prove your innocence.”
“How can I prove my innocence?”
“You say there was a cat here?”
“Yes.”
“Did the cat get out?”