He did not finish, but his meaning was obvious.

"If you mean, do I think he went away with it, I most certainly do not," declared Jimmy, positively. "A thousand dollars isn't enough to make a man skip out."

"A thousand dollars is a lot to some people—I know it is to me," said Bob. "I worked hard on the Chronicle, and it never brought me a thousand dollars—at least not all at once."

"Me either—when I was slaving in the munition plant, and running a chance of being blown up every minute," declared Roger. "But I think Schnitz is right—what's to be done! Maybe Maxwell was robbed, and he started after the thief and—"

"'Maybe' won't get us anywhere," said Jimmy. "Of course, I'd rather lose the five thousand francs ten times over than have anything happen to Maxwell. And I'd like to. . . Read More