"You scoundrel!" he ejaculated between his set teeth, and with his eyes actually blazing, "you stole this, did you?"--flourishing the note before the now terrified Lewis, who, taken thus by surprise, had no time to collect his wits and assume an appearance of unconcern and innocence. "You stole this, and to make it appear that I was the thief--the thief!--you put it in my trunk. Don't deny it," as Lewis endeavored to speak, "don't dare to deny it.--You were _seen_ to do it!"