"This is a serious matter, and Louise is in earnest.

If we're going to help her we mustn't talk rubbish.

Now, it isn't a bad suggestion that we ought to look nearer home for the key to this mystery.

There's old Hucks." "Hucks!" "To be sure.

No one knew so well as he the money affairs of the two men who were robbed." "I'm ashamed of you," said Patsy.
"And the man's smile is a mask!" exclaimed Louise.
"Oh, no!" protested Patsy.
"My dear, no person who ever lived could smile every minute, winter and summer, rain or shine, day and night, and always have a reason for the smile." "Of course not," agreed Beth.