"Do as you please about it. If you want any help—any lawyer—I will send for one," added Mr. Brooks.
"I don't want any lawyers. I can tell the truth without any help," answered Bobtail.
"Did you come back to the office after you put that letter on my desk?" asked the squire.
"No, sir; I did not," replied Bobtail, squarely.
The lawyer took from his pocket-book a five hundred dollar bill, and spread it out on the desk at his side.
"Did you ever see that bill before, Robert Taylor?" demanded he, sternly.
"No, sir."
"Think before you answer."
"Think! I don't want to think. I never saw a five hundred dollar bill before in my life," answered Bobtail, with no little indignation in his tones.
"I am sorry to see you persist so stoutly in a lie," said the squire, shaking his head, as he glanced at Mrs. Taylor.