Part 5 (1/2)
Mr Alcando cathy and excited explanation
”But Great Scott!” exclai to _Pana there, and the first we've heard of it is thefrom Mr Hadley”
”It sure is queer,” said Joe ”I wonder if any of our mail--”
He was interrupted by the sound of rapid footsteps, and a freckle-faced and red-haired boy, with a ragged straw hat, and no shoes calad I found you Here's a letter for you Pa--pa--he's been carryin' it around in his pocket, and when he changed his coat just now it dropped out He sent me doith it, lickity-split,” and the boy held out an envelope bearing a special delivery stamp Blake took the missive mechanically
CHAPTER V
ANOTHER SURPRISE
While Blake was tearing off the end of the envelope, preparatory to taking out the enclosure, Joe looked sharply at the red-haired lad who had so unexpectedly delivered it
”How'd your father coet our letter, Sam?” asked Joe, for the lad was the son of a farhbor to Mr Baker
”Siuess,”
volunteered Saenerally takes around the special delivery letters himself, but he ive it to pa Anyhow, pa says he asked him to deliver it”
”Only he didn't do it,” put in Joe ”I thought so was the matter with our mail that we hadn't heard fro the letter around in his pocket”
”But he didn't ot all about it until to-day, when he was changing his coat, and it fell out
Then he made me scoot over here with it as fast as I could He said he was sorry, and hoped he hadn't done any dauess not much,” Joe responded, for, after all, it was an accoht out frohbors, as often happened That one should be forgotten, and carried in a pocket, was not so very surprising
”Then you won't erly
”No--why should we?” inquired Joe with a suess it wasn't so very i the delayed letter
”Whew!” finally whistled Joe's chu some!”
”What's up now?”
”Another surprise,” answered Blake ”This day seems to be filled with 'euessed it Mr Hadley wants us to go there and get a series ofto us a gentleo I presume he refers to you,” and Blake nodded in the direction of Mr Alcando
”Then you have confirmatory evidence of whatpolitely
”That's what it a that this is the first we've had Panaoing there”
”Hardly,” agreed Joe, at a look froo; shall you not?” asked the Spaniard, quickly
He seeer for an answer