CHAPTER XIX
DISAPPOINTMENT
"Hello! What's up?"
"What's the excitement, Tom?"
Thus his two chums greeted our hero when he entered with the human interrogation mark in tow.
"Something doing," responded Tom briefly.
"Did you trace the empty bottle so soon?" asked Jack.
"No, I didn't have time. But George here—out with it! Tell 'em what you told me."
"I was coming along," began George, "when Tom ran into me and knocked———"
"Never mind those horrible details," advised Tom, reflectively rubbing that portion of his anatomy that had come in contact with George. "Cut along faster."