“A most miraculous discovery!” gasped Miss Betty.
“You must have passed the very spot before,” cried Miss Kitty.
“Though I’m sure, sister, what to do with it now we have found it I don’t know,” said Miss Betty, rubbing her nose, as she was wont to do when puzzled.
“It shall be taken better care of for the future, sister Betty,” said Miss Kitty, penitently. “Though how it got out I can’t think now.”
“Why, bless my soul! you don’t suppose it got there of itself, sister?” snapped Miss Betty. “How did it get there is another matter.”
“I felt pretty confident about it, for my own part,” smiled the parson as he joined them.
“Do you mean to say, sir, that you knew it was there?” asked Miss Betty, solemnly.
“I didn’t know the precise spot, my dear madam, but——”
“You didn’t see it, sir, I hope?” said Miss Betty.
“Bless me, my dear madam, I found it!” cried the parson.