'Twas four hundred dollars you was short, wan't it ?" The Captain's puzzled look was still there.
"Yes," he replied.

"What of it ?" "Why--why, just this, Sam: I--I want it to be plain, you understand.

I want Major Grover and Phineas here to understand the--the whole of it.

There's a lot of talk, seems so, around town about money bein' missin' from the bank--" Captain Sam interrupted.

"The deuce there is!" he exclaimed.
"That's the first I've heard of any such talk.