“Did you find any gold?” asked Jimmy, his eyes big with astonishment.
“No,” said Larry with a laugh, “I wish I had.”
“And didn’t you see any goblins?” asked Lucy with a smile.
“Nary a one,” was Larry’s reply. “Though some of the workmen looked like ’em in the darkness with their rough clothes and big boots on.”
“I’m afraid it was a dangerous place,” spoke Mrs. Dexter. “I don’t believe I want you to be a reporter, Larry, if they have to take such risks.”
“Oh, it isn’t often they have to go into such places,” replied Larry. “There was no danger. And think of being able to say you have been under the Hudson River! It’s like being a discoverer.”
“Well, I’m glad you’re home safe,” said his mother. “Now we’ll have supper.”
CHAPTER XV
LARRY GOES TO SCHOOL
It was with some surprise that Larry found a dollar extra in his pay envelope Friday afternoon, for it was on that day that the assistant cashier used to come around with the salaries. There was a five-dollar bill and two one-dollar bills, and Larry, who since his first raise had been getting six dollars a week, thought a mistake had been made.