"Be a good fellow and tell us the finish of the adventure," begged
Darrin.
"Certainly," grinned Reade. "The end of my adventure was——-"
"Yes, yes!" pressed Greg, as Tom hesitated.
"The end of the adventure came," Tom continued maliciously, "when I turned out the gas in my little room and hopped into bed. I slept like a top, thank you."
"Now, now, now!" Dick warned him. "Thomas, you're hiding something from us!"
"If I am, it's my own business, and I've a right to hide it," retorted Tom, smiling once more, though still uncommunicative.
At this moment Hazelton and Dan Dalzell, otherwise known as Danny Grin, came up. They, too, had to hear all about the bottle-breaking trick.
"How did you ever come to think of a thing like that, Tom?" asked
Harry Hazelton.
"I thought of it before I tried it out at Dick's," Reade rejoined, and explained how he had helped Timmy Finbrink out of a scrape.
"What did you say the fellow's name is, Tom?" Dick asked.