? ? ? ? "Who is it?"
? ? ? ? "The new boy, Rodney Ropes."
? ? ? ? James Redwood shook his head.
? ? ? ? "I can't believe that it is he. I am not in love with the young fellow, who seems to stand in the way of your advancement but he seems straight enough, and I don't think it at all likely that he should be the guilty person."
? ? ? ? "Yes, Uncle James, he SEEMS straight but you know that still waters run deep."
? ? ? ? "Have you seen anything that would indicate guilt on his part?"
? ? ? ? "I have noticed this, that, he is very well dressed for a boy of his small salary, and seems always to have money to spend."
? ? ? ? "That will count for something. Still he might have some outide means. Have you noticed anything else?"
? ? ? ? Jasper hesitated.
? ? ? ? "I noticed one evening when he left the store that he had a sizable parcel under his arm."
? ? ? ? "And you think it might have contained some article stolen from the stock?"
? ? ? ? "That's just what I think now. Nothing of the kind occurred to me at that time, for I didn't know any articles were missing.
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