“I want you should find out who wrote the letters,” said Miss Scroggs.
Mr. Gubb looked at the pile of letters.
“It’s going to be a hard job,” he said. “I’ve got to try to guess out a cryptogram in these letters. I ought to have a hundred dollars.”
“It’s a good deal, but I’ll pay it,” said Miss Petunia. “I ain’t rich, but I’ve got quite a little money in the bank, and I own the house I live in and a farm I rent. Pa left me money and property worth about ten thousand dollars, and I haven’t wasted it. So go ahead.”
“YOU ARE A MAN, AND BIG AND STRONG AND BRAVE-LIKE”
“I’ll so do,” said Philo Gubb; “and first off I’ll ask you who your neighbors are.”
“My neighbors!” exclaimed Miss Petunia.