"I'm not going to hand out any compliments to the Hardy boys."
Joe and Frank looked greatly relieved. They had been afraid of being embarrassed by Slim's gratitude.
"Everybody knows what they've done and everybody knows what it means to me and to my family."
"You bet!"
"Sure!"
"But I just wanted to clear up one point on behalf of my father."
"Three cheers for Henry Robinson! He's all right."
The three cheers for Mr. Robinson were perhaps a little weaker than the others, but that was only because some of the boys were beginning to show slight signs of hoarseness by that time.
"It's about the nine hundred dollars that he got just about the time of the robbery. He couldn't explain it at the time and it looked bad against him."
"It doesn't matter where he got it," shouted Biff Hooper. "I'll bet he got it honestly anyway, and if any one else says different, just let him come outside."