CHAPTER X.
ELSIE'S CONFESSION.
omething inside!" exclaimed Ida, as the trio stood for a moment staring at Uncle Roger's box.
"Yes," answered her brother. "Didn't you hear it move? You listen; I'll do it again."
There was not the slightest doubt that the chest was no longer empty.
"But it's locked," said Ida, "and has been ever since the evening when it was first opened; and father has the keys of the two padlocks."
"Well, it's not empty now," returned her brother. "I say, I wonder what on earth it can be? Let's go in and ask mother if she put anything inside."
The air-pistol was forgotten, and the party at once adjourned to the house to make further inquiries. They found Mrs. Ormond in the dining-room, but she was unable to throw any light on the subject.