"You can't have me
arrested."
"We'll see about that, Sobber."
"I haven't done anything wrong."
"Then why did you run away from Putnam Hall?"
"I had a right to leave. Captain Putnam wasn't treating me fairly."
"You ran away on account of that snake affair--you can't deny it."
"Humph!"
"That snake nearly killed Nick Pell. He isn't over it yet,
altogether."
"Bah! It wasn't the snake made Nick sick. He wasn't feeling well some
days before the snake bit him."
"It was the snake and nothing else put him in bed," answered Tom
warmly. "And that is not all. You are in league with your uncle, who
robbed my uncle of those traction company bonds."
"I--er--I don't know anything about that matter," answered
Sobber, hastily.
"Well, I know all about it. You were with your uncle when he got away
from us, and when he dropped the pocketbook containing the bonds."
"Did you get the bonds back?" asked Sobber, with sudden interest. It
may be added here that Sid Merrick had gone back long after the chase
to look for the pocketbook, but, of course, had been unable to get any
trace of it.
"We did."
"My uncle didn't steal them. Your uncle put them in his hands to
sell," went on Tad Sobber, with sudden boldness.
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