be to get an education this unselfish motive of the boy struck mr lennox rather forcibly so he decided to help tim carry out his plans it was early in august when mr lenox made the proposi tion to tim that if tim would work for him during the summer vacation and what time he could spare while in school he would send tim to school and during that time would see that his mother wanted for nothing of course tim accepted gladly and could hardly wait to get home to tell his mother when she heard it she was so thankful that she was unable to say anything but before she went to bed that night she knelt to thank god for his goodness to them just about a month from that day seth lennox mr lennox's only child left for the city to attend college as he was leav ing mr lennox was called away on business and shortly after ward his wife called upon a friend leaving tim at the place alone seth had not gone far when he remembered he had taken no money with him he had no time to lose as it was then almost train time he ran back home rushed into the house but found no one there to his joy however he found his father's desk open and in one of the drawers a ten dollar bill this was enough to take him to his destination so he left the house without any body's seeing him and ran to the station when mr lennox returned his eyes fell upon his open desk he had never left it open before so naturally the first thing he did was to see if it was as he had left it he found the drawer open where the money had been and the money gone his wife knew nothing about it so he next went to tim who was work ing in the front yard has anyone been here since i left asked mr lennox not that i know of answered tim and i've been here in front most of the time , so that i could see if any body came . ' ' have you been in the house while my wife and i have been away again mr lennox questioned 2 yes sir i have been in the house several times for things i needed was the reply did you see my desk open while you were in he con tinued to ask i did not notice i had no reason to why do you ask mr lennox ' to be plain did you or did you not take a ten dollar bank note from a drawer in my desk i can say most emphatically that i did not said the boy almost bewildered at the question and yet you say no one has been here not that i know of and i can say just as truthfully that i did not take the money said tim and he broke down and cried bitterly at this mr lennox softened a little and told tim he would take part of the blame himself for leaving the desk open as he knew money was a great temptation to boys and that if tim would admit taking the money and give it back there would be nothing done about it but as tim's denial became stronger mr lennox said well if that is all i am to get for what i am doing for you you may go and the sooner the better thus all the hopes tim had been building for the past month were shattered this was the first time he had ever been accused of doing anything wrong and it made him feel most miserable his mother did not believe that he was guilty for a minute and she and tim tried to think of a way to prove his innocence but the circimstances were so against him that it seemed impossible all he could say was it does not appear so but i am inno cent though falsely accused he knew he was right and this consciousness gave him strength tim determined to go away to work until it was found out that he was not guilty so he would not have to hear the jeers of his companions or meet the suspicious glances of the town people he could earn enough he thought from then until christmas holidays to take him to school the rest of the year and by that time he hoped his innocence would be found out