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exclaimed Uncle Obed . `` Colonel Ross , '' said Harry , rising to his feet , and confronting the visitor , with clear eyes and an expression of honest indignation , `` do you mean to say that you suspect me of stealing any of your property ? '' `` Young man , I advise you not to be impudent or brazen-faced . Do you mean to deny that you were near my house last evening between half-past nine and ten o'clock ? '' `` No , I do n't . I did pass your house about that time . '' `` I am glad you have the sense to own it .