"I did it without any dispute from him, either.

Dick, I wrapped five twenty-dollar American gold pieces in cloth, so they wouldn't jingle, and stuffed the whole tightly into a small canvas bag.

While you were talking I slipped it into one of his blouse pockets.

Papa Prim will find the money there, and he'll know who put it there, but he won't be able to return it." "American gold ?" Dick echoed.

"If the Germans ever know of his having American gold they'll think it reason enough for hanging him." "No, they won't," Tom retorted, "though they would undoubtedly think it reason enough for taking the money away from him.