When Charles returned, having accompanied his employer as far as the door, he found Ruth standing by her chair and looking at him.

A glance at her face caused him to stop short and look at her.
"Why, Ruth," he asked, "what is it ?" She was pale and trembling.

There were tears in her eyes.
"Oh, Charlie," she cried, "can't you see?
He--he did it for you." "Did it for me?
Did what?
Who?
What are you talking about, Sis ?" "Jed.

Jed Winslow.

Don't you see, Charlie?
He pretended to have found the money and to have stolen it just to save you.