"You look on the top of the bread closet in the cellar, and you will
find something."
I went down, mounted some false steps, and found a quart filled with
slices of meat. I took it up into the kitchen, and asked,--
"Who hid this meat away on the top of the bread cupboard in the cellar?"
Not one of them answered.
"Will the one who did it be honest enough to own it; or will she be mean
enough to let me lay the blame on some one else? Did you do it, Annie
O'Brien?"
"No, ma'am."
"Will you tell me who did it?"
"I don't know, ma'am."
"Allen, did you do it?"
"No, ma'am."