"I don't know, of course," Penny replied with a chuckle. "But I have a sneaking idea it may be Herman Crocker's packet of letters!"
CHAPTER XV
The Missing Letters
"What makes you think he has lost the letters?" Susan whispered to her chum. "Didn't he tell Herman Crocker that he would positively deliver them next Thursday night?"
"Yes," nodded Penny, "but obviously he had to say that. I thought he acted very uneasy as if he might not have the evidence in his possession."
The girls did not peep into the barn again for they were afraid that Herman Crocker might see them. Quietly they stole back to the woods and started for the cottage.
"Well, Penny, you were right about Old Herman being a mysterious character," Susan commented as they walked along.
"I feel a little disappointed though," Penny returned. "Now that everything is explained so nicely we'll not have any more fun."
"There are a great many things I don't understand."