Mullins answered straight off: "The high school down home," and Nivens thought again for a while and then asked:
"How many boys were at the school?"
"About sixty."
"How many masters?"
"About three."
After that Nivens paused a long while and seemed to be digesting the evidence, but at last an idea seemed to strike him and he said:
"I understand you were not on the bank premises last night. Where were you?"
"Down the lake duck shooting."
You should have seen the excitement in the court when Mullins said this. The judge leaned forward in his chair and broke in at once.
"Did you get any, Harry?" he asked.