“Oh, her! Yes. But nobody else! Cross your heart!”
Dot did it for herself and for her doll.
“Now listen,” went on Tess, and her voice sank to a lower whisper. “It’s in our cellar!”
She brought out the last two words with such force that Dot dropped her Alice-doll.
“What’s in your cellar?” asked Sammy. “My alligator?”
“No. The ten thousand dollars!” went on Tess, eagerly.
“What ten thousand dollars?” Sammy questioned excitedly.
“The money those men told Luke about on the train and——”
“They didn’t tell him about any money,” objected Sammy. “It was just that he heard them say it.”
“It’s the same thing,” declared Tess, with a fine disregard for trifles. “The men know about ten thousand dollars in our cellar and so does Hop Wong!”