CHAPTER XX.
TELLS ABOUT THE LOSS OF SOME MONEY Mr.Ellsworth asked me to come back and get some letters to put in the mail box, so after I saw the gold dust twin start off I went back to the tepee, and just as I was going inside I saw Connie Bennett and Bert McAlpin and Hunt Ward and Stut Moran and Skinny coming down the hill in back of the tepee.

Skinny was smiling all over and I could see the wrinkles at the ends of his mouth like I always could when he smiled.
That's when you could see how thin he was.

I shouted that I thought Mr.
Ellsworth wanted to see him and he started to run, only Connie grabbed him by the collar, just for fun, and held him back.

I heard him say, "Take your time, we're all in on this." By that I knew that Skinny expected Mr.Ellsworth was going to give him the gold cross.

I didn't blame _him_ for thinking so, but the others might have had better sense, because it's usually a week, anyway, before an honor medal comes.
Anyway, they all came down into the tepee and stood looking around as if they expected to see the gold cross on the table.