The cab turned a corner. Then, on directions from inside, the driver moved his horses along at a brisk trot. The same cab was passing near the "Blade" office when Mrs. Dexter went there for a second time.
The next morning Ab. Dexter and Driggs unfolded a copy of the "Blade" between them.
"I've got a misgiving that we won't find the advertisement," muttered Dexter gloomily. "No, sir. It isn't here, Driggs. Hang the woman, and twenty times hang those meddling youngsters! Driggs, I never shall win while those confounded boys are loose in Gridley!"
"We'll take real care of 'em this time," muttered Driggs, with an oath.
"We will!" confirmed Dexter. "We'll stop their troubling us!"
CHAPTER XXII
TRICKED INTO BAD COMPANY
The heads of fifty eighth grade pupils were bent over as many broad volumes on geography. It was study period; recitation would be called in five minutes.