“Well, what is it?” asked the latter.
“Did you take that little dog?” he asked.
Neither girl answered.
“If you did, don’t be afraid to own up, for it’s all right now. Look at that.”
The man held out a slip of paper. It was the check he had just received in reward for the return of Ravelings!
“One hundred dollars!” exclaimed both girls.
“Yes, and never was it more needed. The woman who owned the dog told me all about his pranks. It seems he always wants to jump out of the automobile, and this is his third try at it. She says he jumped when he got on the hill.”
“And that was the secret!” Tavia exclaimed. “Dorothy didn’t tell us!”
“It was she who fetched him back though. I never knew what happened to the creature, but I suspected you two,” and he shook his head. “Then, when I saw her come up to the stable, with him in her arms——”
“And now we have a joke on her,” Edna put in. “We know about the reward, and she doesn’t.”