Horatio Alger

“ I admit it," replied Gibbon, with a triumphant glance at his foiled confederate.
"This is a conspiracy against an innocent man," said Stark, scowling. "You want to screen your bookkeeper, if possible. No one has ever before charged me with crime." ”

“ Gibbon, I hope you will see the error of your ways, and restore to your worthy employer the box of valuable property which you stole from his safe."
"This is insufferable!" cried the bookkeeper "You are a double-dyed traitor, Phil Stark. You were not only my accomplice, but you instigated the crime."
"You will find it hard to prove this," sneered Stark. "Mr. Jennings, I demand my liberty. If you have any humanity you will not keep me from the bedside of my dying mother." "I admire your audacity, Mr. Stark," observed the manufacturer, quietly. ”

“ If I had really committed the burglary, I should have taken care to escape during the night."
"I should be glad to believe in your innocence," rejoined the manufacturer. "but I know more about this matter than you suppose." ”