Part 16 (1/2)
”Poor Ed!” reh luck!”
”Yes, I e could have found it for hih the Chelton streets at dusk ”I' to believe that it was stolen”
”I think soyour car, and he missed it directly after he left our crowd--”
He hesitated a moment, then continued:
”Well, maybe he thinks that some of us may have--”
”Better not juhted near the street that led to his hoh as she sent the car ahead
She was anxious to reach hoh she and Walter knew, from an inquiry they had made at the bank in New City, that it had not been successful
That night nothing was so important a topic of conversation in Chelton as the loss of the twenty thousand dollars Speculation was rife, and opinion was equally divided on the question of whether it had been lost or stolen, or both, for that it ht have been stolen after it was lost was possible
Ed consulted soive him little help He was advised to hire private detectives, and said he would do so, in case the police of New City or Chelton could do nothing
It o days after the loss of the money and bonds that Cora, with her inseparable friends, the Robinson twins, and Walter, whom she had picked up on the road, were out for a ride They took the turnpike, as it was the s here,” said Cora as she turned out to avoid a large rock
”Yes?”--asked Elizabeth, and she tried to keep down the eagerness in her voice
”Yes; he's gone over to see about a concert hisa couple of the e lads?” asked Bess with a laugh
”Surely,” replied Cora; ”and charathered from Jack's talk”
”Must be some of the Never Sleep members,” spoke Walter
”Never SleepWe call ourselves that because we used to be up at all hours Some of the boys play in Jack's mandolin club”
”I hope wefor so and save your life,” proposed Walter
”With pleasure,” answered Bess, esture of surprise
”But I didn't know you sang”
”Only to save life,” replied Waiter ”But,” he added, ”if I'm not mistaken that sounds like Jack's car”
”It is,” declared Cora, as getting to be an expert on the puffing sounds of autos ”There he is!” she exclaiht ”And it's pretty well crowded, too”
It was, for in the car, which would barely hold three, Jack had ed to squeeze four--three lads besides hiht of Cora ”You're just in tis are breaking”