That was all I said." Inside the package were three "sticks" of the kind that are used for laying the little coins in a row before wrapping.
"Now, one thing we must be dead careful about, fellows," urged Dick, as he undid the package, "is to be sure that we get an exact fifteen coins in each wrapper.

If we got in more, we'd be the losers.

If we put less than fifteen cents in any wrapper, then we're likely to be accused of running a swindling game." So every one of the plotters was most careful to count the coins.
It was not rapid work, and only half the partners could work at any one time.

They soon caught the trick of wrapping, however, and then the little rolls began to pile up.
Saturday afternoon Dick & Co.

were similarly engaged.