She paused a moment. Then Ted started off on the run, dragging Janet along with him.
“Don’t run so fast!” she protested. “Where you goin’?”
“We’ve got to find those keys for Mr. Keller before Mr. Narr knows they’re lost!” exclaimed Ted. “Come on!”
CHAPTER XX
WHAT TROUBLE FOUND
Casting a backward glance over her shoulder as she ran along with her brother, Janet saw Mr. Narr making his way toward the Martin cottage. As yet the rich old gentleman had not seen the Curlytops.
“If we can only find the keys before he asks Mr. Keller about them, it will be all right,” said Ted.
“Yes,” agreed Janet. “But we’ve got to look fast and we’ve got to look terrible hard in the sand.”
“We’ll do it!” declared Teddy.
Down to the stretch of sand hurried the Curlytops. They knew where to find the place where the keys and wedding ring had been lost. Some of the stones and pieces of driftwood that Teddy had put in a circle to mark the spot were still in place. The post Mr. Keller set up was also there. The sand was not near enough the water to make it a favorite playing ground for the children, and no waves had washed over it.
So, as it happened, the sand had not been much disturbed except by the digging and sifting that Mr. Keller had had done. There were holes and hills where the men had taken out the sand, to pass it through their sieves in the search for the lost articles.