“You are just the best Daddy in the world,” she said, and gave him a resounding kiss. “I knew you didn’t mean it.”
“I wouldn’t lose Jimmy for the world,” said Mr. Willing.
At this moment a voice was heard in the hall.
“What’s the matter?” came Leonard Wolfe’s voice. “I thought I heard a shot.”
“The shot,” said Shirley, trying not to smile, “was fired half an hour ago. You must have been some distance away if it took this long for the sound of it to reach you.”
Wolfe’s face grew scarlet.
“I——” he began, but Shirley interrupted him.
“It amounts to nothing,” she said.
CHAPTER XVI.—MORE TROUBLES FOR JIMMY.
Jimmy returned to the stable and the rest went to bed. The night passed without further incident.