? ? ? ? "Yes; it contains such a lovely cloak. The gentleman from your store who called a little while ago thought you might have meant it as a present for me."
? ? ? ? "I am afraid it will be some time before I can afford to make such present. Do you know if any one called and left the cloak here?"
? ? ? ? "No; I didn't let in no one at the door."
? ? ? ? "Was the parcel there when you made the bed?"
? ? ? ? "Well, no, it wasn't. That is curious."
? ? ? ? "It shows that the parcel has been left here since. Now I certainly couldn't have left it, for I have been at work all the morning. Come up stairs, Jasper."
? ? ? ? The two boys went up the stairs, and, entering Rodney's room, found the parcel, still on the bed.
? ? ? ? Rodney opened it and identified the cloak as exactly like those which they carried in stock.
? ? ? ? He examined the paper in which it was inclosed, but it seemed to differ from the wrapping paper used at the store. He called Jasper's attention to this.
? ? ? ? "I have nothing to say," remarked Jasper, shrugging his shoulders. "I don't understand the matter at all.
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