"Well, the exact sum I got out of the job was—twenty-three dollars and seventy-one cents."
"Twenty-three dollars and seventy-one cents! Young man, what are you giving us?"
"I am giving it to you straight. That's all I got."
"And Chamberlain, how much did he get?"
"Twenty-two dollars."
"He made you believe that, did he?"
"That's all he had. We divided in the cars, coming home."
"Hum, there's something I don't understand here somewhere. Either Chamberlain has cheated you, or—— But suppose you tell us about the affair from the time you left this city."
"Well, I don't mind. We left the Grand Central Depot at 6:45 Monday night, and arrived in New Haven at 9:30.
"We had some drinks in a saloon near the depot, and about ten o'clock went to the Ernst place on Spruce Street.