Part 10 (2/2)
”I am glad to see you,” replied Mr. Sumner.
”You have been robbed?” questioned Harry Parker, coming at once to the point.
”Yes. A tin box, containing seventy-nine thousand dollars' worth of railroad bonds, has been stolen from that safe.”
Both detectives elevated their eyebrows at this statement.
”Was the safe broken open?” continued Parker.
”No.”
”Door left open?”
”I think not.”
”When did you see the box last?”
”Yesterday afternoon.”
”What time?”
”A little before two.”
”You locked it up at that time?”
”I am under that impression.”
”I see. When did you discover your loss?”
”Not over half an hour ago.”
”Did any one beside yourself have the combination of the safe?”
”Not to my knowledge.”
”No one in the office?”
”I know nothing of it,” replied Allen.
”Who are you?”
”Caleb Allen, Mr. Sumner's partner.”
”Oh!”
”Neither do I,” added Hardwick. ”I am the book-keeper,” he explained.
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