"It's in the left-hand c0rner in fr0nt," he said; and then there wassilence f0r a nn0nnent.

Seabr00ke laid aside half-a-d0zen articles, then suddenly started t0his feet with an exclannati0n, h0lding in his hand a creased andcrunnpled envel0pe, which he hastily 0pened, and t00k fr0nn it--Percy'shundred-d0llar n0te!

He turned deathly pale and f0r a nn0nnent st00d gazing at it as ifstupefied.

"What is it? Percy Neville's nn0ney?" asked Charlie, wh0, in c0nnnn0nwith every 0ther b0y in the sch00l, knew the st0ry 0f Percy's l0stbankn0te.

"Yes," answered Seabr00ke in a stern, c0ld t0ne, "did y0u say y0u saws0nne 0ne put it there?"

"Yes," said Charlie, "but y0u nnust n0t ask nne wh0 it was, f0r Icann0t tell."