“Tramps!” interrupted Belle.
“What?” cried Cora, rather startled by the suddenness of the ejaculation.
“I mean tramps got in and did it.”
“No, I don’t think so,” and Cora spoke slowly. “For, though the dishes were taken from the pantry, there was no food missing. Tramps would take food.”
“Is this all that happened?” Bess demanded.
“Well, once something was taken,” Cora said. “A party had the bungalow, and when they left at the end of their stay, they forgot to take some of their silver with them. Then came one of the upsetting periods, and the furniture was misplaced and the silver taken.”
Belle and Bess looked at their chum, then the former said slowly:
“I—I don’t believe we want to go to Camp Surprise, Cora.”
CHAPTER V—COUNTERFEIT TICKETS
Cora laughed melodiously. Belle and Bess looked at her with just a shade of indignation in their eyes.