I couldn't imagine a thief's leavin' all that truck, and I said so.
"'Them ?' sputters Pa, frantic.

'What the brimstone blazes do you think I care for them?
I could buy that sort of stuff by the car-load, if I wanted to.

But what's been stole is--Oh, get out and leave me alone! You're no good, the lot of you!' "'Father has had a valuable paper stolen from him,' explains Grace.

'A very valuable paper.' "'Valuable!' howls her dad.

'VALUABLE! Why, if Gordon and his gang get that paper, they've got ME, that's all.