“A thousand dollars! Very well, sir! I am glad you have not the effrontery to deny it. Bank officers in your situation do not usually carry a thousand dollars about with them.”
“I do, when I have it to carry, sir.”
“Don’t be impudent, Mr. Glasswood. Will you deny that this sum was abstracted from the funds of the bank?”
“Certainly I shall deny it, sir. Did Mr. Shaytop inform you that I had taken it from the bank?”
“Who said anything about Mr. Shaytop?” demanded he, sternly.
“I did, sir. It is not very manly in him to accuse me of stealing simply because I refused to hire any more teams of him. Since I was married I have found it necessary to curtail my expenses.”
“Do not attempt to dodge the issue, sir.”
“I am ready to look the issue fairly in the face.”
“You had this money. You confess it.”