“Is it Costello? Did you hear that name while you were with the Gypsies, June?”
“Some of them are named Costello. It is a family name among them I guess. And about that Jim. Do you know that I saw him yesterday driving down Main Street in an automobile?”
“You don’t mean it? Gypsies are going to become flivver traders instead of horse swappers, are they?” and Neale laughed.
“Oh, it was a big, seven-passenger car,” said June. “Those Gypsies have money, if they want to spend it.”
“Did you ever hear of a Gypsy junkman?” chuckled Neale.
“Of course not. Although I guess junkmen make good money nowadays,” drawled June Wildwood, laughing too. “You are a funny boy, Neale O’Neil. Do you want to know anything else?”
“Lots of things. But I guess you cannot tell me much more about the Gypsies that would be pertinent to the bracelet business. We hear that the Costello Gypsies are fighting over the possession of the heirloom—the bracelet, you know. That is why one bunch of them wanted to get it off their hands for a while—and so gave it into the keeping of Tess and Dot.”
“Mercy!”
“Does that seem improbable to you, June?”
“No-o. Not much. They might. It makes me think that maybe the Gypsies have been watching the old Corner House and know all about the Kenways.”