Now, while some boys may sometimes do such things, it is needless to add that no boy with a good home and a mother's training is likely to become engaged in such petty pilfering.

I don't believe the boys for a moment credited the girls with any real stealing." "We didn't," spoke up Dick promptly.

"We knew there was a string to the joke somewhere." "These young ladies consulted me," went on Dr.Bentley.

"Of course they wanted the whole matter kept very quiet, and they made me promise secrecy.

I told them that I didn't like their plan at all, but they coaxed, and I will admit that I yielded to their coaxing very much against my best judgment.