“Did you move that box of albums?”
“You mean the Cardwell albums?”
“Yes. It was in the back of the car. Did you move it?”
“No, I didn’t touch it. I saw it there when we got out, though.”
“Well, it isn’t there now!” exclaimed her husband. “The Cardwell albums with the old pictures in them are gone! I wonder who could have taken them!”
CHAPTER VII
ON THE TRAIL
The Curlytops, and Trouble also, were so much taken up with watching the moving picture people leave the meadow that for a time they did not listen to what their father and mother were talking about. But at last Jan heard something said about the Cardwell albums and asked:
“Did we lose them out of our car?”
“No; we had them when we parked here,” answered her father. “I remember putting the box under a robe, so it wouldn’t be in plain sight. It could be mistaken for a fancy box of lunch, I thought, and some hungry boys, thinking it contained sandwiches, might be tempted to take it.”
“Did they?” asked Ted.