"If it had been hid away long, it could not have been the bill which was sent in the letter."
"It wasn't hid away," added Mrs. Taylor. "I might injure somebody by telling where I got the bill; and for that reason I can't say a single word, even if I go to prison for it."
"But your son will be sent to prison, certainly, if you don't tell," said the lawyer.
"O, dear! What shall I do?"
She positively refused to tell even Squire Simonton, who explained that, as counsel, he could not be obliged to reveal the secrets of his clients. It was finally arranged that a postponement of the examination should be obtained, if possible; and Mr. Walker and half a dozen others had promised to give bail for Bobtail.
CHAPTER XII.
CAPTAIN CHINKS IS INDIFFERENT.
"I don't know that we can do any better under the circumstances," said Squire Simonton, after the arrangement of the legal business had been agreed upon. "But we are making a strange case of it."