"Tony thought we had better not touch it, and we decided to tell Mr. Whipple it was there as we went through the garden."
"But you didn't tell me," said the farmer.
"No, sir; we didn't find you in the garden when we came back, and Tony went to look for you while we continued on our way."
"Has Tony said anything to you about it since?" asked Mr. Hyde.
"Yes, sir; he told us after school that he didn't find Mr. Whipple, and when he went back to the wood-house, the wallet was gone. He met Tim Bunker there, who told him the owner had just gone in that way."
"Now I think on't, I paid a little bill, and I recollect of laying the wallet down on the wash-bench," said Farmer Whipple.
"And Tim Bunker was there?" asked the master.
"Not while we were," replied Charles.
"Tim?"
"Sir," answered the chief of the Bunkers promptly.