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? ? ? ? Jasper thought the matter over. He saw that the game was up--and decided rapidly that confession was the best policy.

? ? ? ? "Very well, sir, if I must I will do so, but that man put me up to it."

? ? ? ? "You did not need any putting up to it. I wish young Ropes were here, that I might clear him."

? ? ? ? As if in answer to the wish a bronzed and manly figure appeared at the office door. It was Rodney, but taller and more robust than when he left the store nearly a year before.

? ? ? ? "Rodney Ropes!" ejaculated Jasper in great surprise.

? ? ? ? "Yes, Jasper, I came here to see you, and beg you to free me from the false charge which was brought against me when I was discharged from this store. I didn't find you in your usual places, and was directed here."

? ? ? ? "Ropes," said Mr. Goodnow, "your innocence has been established. This man," indicating Philip Carton, "has confessed that it was he and Jasper who stole the missing articles."

? ? ? ? "I am thankful that my character has been cleared."

? ? ? ? "I am ready to take you back into my employ.


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