"Tom will dispose of them promptly if you find any," answered Olive.
"I'll make their old bones rattle. You just watch me," announced Tom.
"Now, girls, go ahead and browse to your heart's content. We are going to empty every trunk and chest and box in the place. We may find something exciting before we get through up here."
Olive's prophecy was a true one. They were going to meet with exciting experiences in the old garret, even more exciting than any of them had dreamed possible. They began eagerly to turn out the contents of trunks and boxes upon the garret floor, first dragging the receptacles up where the light from one or another of the windows would shine down on their work.
CHAPTER XII
A CURIOUS OLD JOURNAL
"OH, here's a bundle of letters, ever and ever so old!" called Grace. Hers was the first find of interest, "Wouldn't it be splendid if I had unearthed an old romance?"
"Give them to Olive," suggested Bab. "We have no right to read them."