“If Agnes has a new car I think we ought to have new playthings,” declared Dot, “’cause I found the money.”
“And there ought to be a new basket for Sandyface to keep her kittens in,” added Tess.
“That shall be done!” laughed Ruth.
“And I should think maybe we could give Sammy a little chain for his alligator so it wouldn’t get lost again,” suggested Dot.
“I think that’s the least we can do for Sammy, after the part his pet played in revealing the hidden gold,” agreed Ruth. And so it was done.
“Well,” remarked Nalbro when she left for Boston with Hal, “I must say I have had a most delightful vacation at the Corner House. And it was so romantic!”
“Glad you liked it,” returned Agnes.
“Come again next summer,” put in Ruth. “Maybe something else will happen.”
And something else did, and what it was will be related in another volume, to be called “The Corner House Girls Facing the World.” In that book we shall see what all of the girls were capable of doing under very trying circumstances.
From his papers Ruth and Agnes learned much concerning their Uncle Peter’s work in behalf of the partner who had all but drunk himself to death. He had done his utmost to reform the man, but without avail. Then he had done what he could to save the unfortunate one’s money, and this had occurred just before his own death.