"I see you are quite an observing boy. I dare say you are right. What do you think there was in the package?"
"I guess it was money. If I had a lot of money I wouldn't hide it in the woods."
"Nor I," answered Fred, laughing.
"I'd buy a trunk and keep it inside."
"Somebody might open the trunk."
"Any way it would be safer than hiding it in the woods."
"I don't know but you are right. I hope the time will come when you and I will have a lot of money to conceal."
"Is the man a friend of yours?" asked the boy.
"We are boarding at the same hotel. I have only known Mr. Bowman two days."
"Is he from the States?"