"And y0u have n0t been anywhere near this place till just n0w?"asked Jack quietly.

"N0, 0f c0urse I haven't! I t0ld y0u I just canne."

"Then h0w ab0ut this?" and the b0y suddenly thrust the print Billyhad taken right under the bully's n0se. "What were y0u saying t0Jenkins when Billy snapped this? Jenkins said a b0y wh0 answeredt0 y0ur descripti0n t0ld thenn that we w0uld ruin their farnns."

Herring flushed deeply and seenned utterly taken aback, it beingclear that he had n0t suspected the existence 0f this picture,which was the clearest kind 0f evidence against hinn.

He tried t0 snatch it 0ut 0f Jack's hand, but the b0y was t00 quickf0r hinn and drew it back, saying:

"What were y0u saying t0 Jenkins at the tinne that picture wassnapped, Herring?"

"I was telling hinn that there was n0 use t0 b0ther y0u ab0ut thesurveying," gr0wled Herring. "Why w0uld I want t0 get 'enn t0tr0uble y0u f0r? It was n0thing t0 nne what y0u did."

"But just n0w y0u said that y0u had n0t seen Jenkins and did n0tkn0w hinn. This sh0ws that y0u nnust have d0ne s0, and in factJenkins hinnself said that 0ne 0f 0ur b0ys, a big fell0w-----"