a month ago. He started to help me clean the windows, but he was
too clumsy and I made him give it up."

"I remember him!" cried the bookkeeper. "He was at the window,
Mr. Rush, while you were at the safe. He must have watched you
work the combination."





CHAPTER X

TOM, SAM, AND FARMER FOX


For an instant there was a dead silence in the bankers' offices.
Charles Rush looked blankly at his bookkeeper.

"I believe Fredericks is right," said Mr. Wilder, the first to
break the awkward pause. "I remember the fellow very well. I
thought at the time that he was watching Mr. Rush rather
closely."

"You had no business to bring in a man that was not to be
trusted," growled Charles Rush, turning to the janitor.

"Do you think he stole the stuff?" ejaculated Subrug. "Sure
Mooney wasn't smart enough for such a game."