CHAPTER XX
THE AFTERMATH
Ed Foster and Jack Kimball sat in the library of the latter's home
until quite late that night--long after the merrymakers had
departed.
"If you suspect who put the bonds into your pocket," Jack was
saying, "don't you think the easiest way to clear it up would be
directly to accuse the suspect?"
"No," answered Ed, "for I feel that it will all come out shortly,
without any unnecessary publicity. You see, the money and bonds may
only have been--er--well, let's say borrowed. Just as many banks are
robbed. Or the person who took it may have thought there was only a
small sum in the wallet, and finding such a large one, probably
became terribly frightened, and did not know what to do."
"Well, of course it's your affair," returned Jack and looked
thoughtful, "but, in a measure, it affects my sister."
"It never did affect your sister, Jack, and never can. I am sorry
about the wallet being found in her car, but there never was the
most remote--"
"Oh, I know, of course not, on your part. But others--"
"No one ever really suspected her. And, what is more, I have it
from her own lips that she would rather not have the guilty ones
punished, for she thinks, as I do, that the money and bonds were not
taken as a deliberate robbery.
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