"Yes, but school-teachers don't know everything. Well, Paul, what have you seen to-day? To go to Milwaukee and back would be a great event to Grace and myself in our quiet course of life."
"I've got used to it, mother. It's all in the day's work. Oh, I mustn't forget to tell you a lady had her pocket picked on our train to-day."
"Tell me about it, Paul," said Grace, with eager interest.
So Paul told the story, very much as it has already been told in the last chapter.
"Did the pickpocket really jump off the train when it was going?" asked Grace, her eyes wide open.
"Yes, Grace."
"Did he get hurt?"
"No; the conductor and I watched from the platform, and saw him turn two or three somersets, but he got up quickly and made off."
"It was taking a dangerous risk," said Mrs. Palmer.
"Yes; it is more of a risk than I would take for forty-seven dollars."