"
"You don't think that these boys had anything to do with it, do
you?" interrupted the colonel.
"Of course not," the judge assured him; "but there were some boys'
tracks--now let me go on--and it has been said that these boys were
out very early on that morning, and that they have been spending
money pretty freely of late, buying uniforms and other things."
"But we earned that money ourselves," interrupted Pepper indignantly.
"Don't get hot, Pepper," counseled Donald.
"I don't doubt it," replied the judge; "and then it is reported
that Randolph and Pepper claimed to have found money on the road."
"I don't know as you could call it money," demurred Rand, showing
the coin that he had found. "I found this and Pepper found another."
"Ah!" remarked the judge, taking the coin, "that looks like one of
those stolen from me. Where did you find it?"
"On the Mountain Road," answered Rand. "We did not know that they
were yours, or we should have returned them."
"I don't know that they are mine," said the judge, "although they
are similar.
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