"Did you examine it?"
"Not much; I looked it over a little."
Mrs. Taylor turned over the note in her hands, and examined it very carefully.
"Does that one look like it?" asked the judge, anxiously.
"You don't suppose we have changed the bill—do you?" demanded Squire Gilfilian, rather indignantly.
"Certainly not, Mr. Gilfilian," replied the judge. "At least I don't suppose you have any knowledge of such a trick. But there may be some mistake. The witness who identifies this bill is taking charge of the defence of the Buckingham Bank robbers. Perhaps he is one of them himself, and it is even possible that he sent you no money in the letter."
"I have no desire to convict the boy, if he is not guilty," added Mr. Gilfilian.
"Certainly not; I do not suppose the contrary, but I would like to hear what the boy's mother says about this bill. Now, Mrs. Taylor," continued the judge, turning to the troubled woman, "does that bill look like the one you paid Mr. Gilfilian?"