Chapter 24
When Mr. Smith had made the two boys' understand that he suspected them of purloining the missing five-dollar bill, they were naturally very indignant. "Mr. Smith," said Ben Platt, in a spirited tone, "no one ever suspected me of dishonesty before." "Nor me," said Wilkins. "That's neither here nor there," said the principal, dogmatically. "It stands to reason that some one took the money. Money doesn't generally walk off itself," he added, with a sneer. "I don't dispute that," said Ben; "but that does not prove that Wilkins or I had anything to do with it." "You were in the room with the money for half an hour, according to your own confession," said Socrates. "Yes, I was." "And part of that time Wilkins was also present." "Yes, sir," assented Wilkins. "I am no lawyer," s
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