thought the stuff was hidden there. Even yet I believe it is hidden somewhere in the mansion—probably in the new tower."
"In the new tower!" she sniffed. "Absurd! I suppose you'll want to go poking through there now."
"If it wouldn't be too much trouble."
"It would be too much trouble, indeed!" she shrilled. "I shan't have any boys rummaging all through my house on a wild-goose chase like this. You'd better leave right away, and forget all this nonsense."
Her voice had attracted the attention of Hurd Applegate, who came hobbling out of his study at that moment.
"Now what's the matter?" he demanded. Then, seeing the boys, his face became creased in a triumphant smile.
"Ah, ha! So you didn't find anything after all! Heh! Heh!" he began to chuckle, immensely pleased with himself. "I told you so."
