. St. Nicholas [serial]. Jack announced, with veryevident relief. Humph! I had all my yielding for nothing,Tad complained. Next time, I positively willnot surrender without a struggle. I shant gothrough that performance again. Mr. Pettingill, with the help of the boys, un-loaded the cots, the lumber, and the two belatedtrunks. Then he drove off to join in the ex-tremely mild hilarity of the North Rutland cele-bration. We may as well get busy on the benches,Tad remarked. It 11 occupy our minds and keepus from moping around. Besides, it 11 look bet-ter if the police force pounces on us to demand
. St. Nicholas [serial]. Jack announced, with veryevident relief. Humph! I had all my yielding for nothing,Tad complained. Next time, I positively willnot surrender without a struggle. I shant gothrough that performance again. Mr. Pettingill, with the help of the boys, un-loaded the cots, the lumber, and the two belatedtrunks. Then he drove off to join in the ex-tremely mild hilarity of the North Rutland cele-bration. We may as well get busy on the benches,Tad remarked. It 11 occupy our minds and keepus from moping around. Besides, it 11 look bet-ter if the police force pounces on us to demandthe box. We can give them a seat for it, but nota receipt. Some of the boys attacked the burlap wrap-pings which protected the cots, while others, in 1912.] THE TOWNSEND TWINS—CAMP DIRECTORS 817 an effort to construct a few benches that wouldstand the wear and tear of camp life, sawed andmeasured and hammered as Eliot directed. While they were thus employed, their friend,Doctor Halsey, minus the box, returned to GUESS THE FALL KNOCKED YOUR BREATH OUT, DID NT The box has been restored to its owner, hequietly announced. What did the old fellow say? Bert askedwith breathless interest. What old fellow? Why, the hermit out there in the ruins!Does nt the box belong to him? Oh, no ! It belongs to our good neighbor , said the doctor in a matter-of-fact XXXIX.—103. Mrs. Spencer ! the boys gasped in bewilderedsurprise. How could it belong to her!The doctor laughed at their s a rather odd story, he said, but I 11tell it as simply as I can. Mrs. Spencer has occu-pied the cottage above usfor a number of Raymond has lived here,and Mr. Samuelson (who, bythe way, may be discussednow without fear) is an all-the-year-round resident of acomfortable farm below year or two ago, induced to invest somemoney in a piece of propertysome miles back. It includeda quarry and several acresof timber. He also had ashare i
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