Armstrong dryly. "But let
us go on. What other steps have you taken to discover the
lost box?"
"I have had the bank vaults thoroughly searched," answered
Duncan, trying to make the best of a weak situation.
"Of course. It is hardly to be supposed that it has been mislaid.
Even if it had been it would have turned up before this.
Did you discover any traces of the bank being forcibly entered?"
"No; but the burglar may have covered his tracks."
"There would have been something to show an entrance.
What is the character of the cashier and teller."
"I know nothing to their disadvantage."
"Then neither have fallen under suspicion?"
"Not as yet," answered the president pointedly.
"It is evident," thought John Armstrong, "that Mr. Duncan
is interested in diverting suspicion from some quarter. He is
willing that these men should incur suspicion, though it is clear
he has none in his own mind."
"Well, what else have you done? Have you employed detectives?"
asked Armstrong, impatiently.
"I was about to do so," answered Mr. Duncan, in some embarrassment,
"when I heard that you were coming home, and I thought I would
defer that matter for your consideration.
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