The triplets bade Mrs. Steiner good-bye and thanked her for her kindness to them, and she in turn invited them to come to visit her whenever their parents were willing.
"Your dog is young, I think," remarked the old gentleman.
"Yes," replied Fritz, "he is young, but he is very smart."
"Indeed!" commented the old gentleman. "In what way has he given evidence of his intelligence?"
"He earned five hundred marks on Saturday."
The old gentleman frowned, but Fritz, not noticing it, continued, "and he found a cousin of my father, who lives in England."
"Indeed! Then if your dog has such keen scent as to reach to England, perhaps he will go a step farther and tell us whether the old man in the moon smokes cigars or a pipe."
"But I am telling you the truth!" insisted Fritz.
The old gentleman paid no attention to him, but, taking up his paper, commenced reading attentively.
"Fritz, you ought to tell him how Pixy earned the money and found the cousin," whispered Paul.