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On his way home Joe's thoughts were very busy. He well remembered that Harry had wanted two dollars more with which to pay for the silk hat. The hat had been bought. Where had his brother procured the needed sum?
"I'll never believe he took the box -- never! " he told himself, over and over again. "Harry is too honest for anything of that sort."