“Why, what is wrong?”
“Lots!” she exclaimed, and her manner must have impressed Jack, for he grew grave at once.
“Has anything more happened since last night?” he asked.
“There has. We’ve discovered the meanest plot to harm Denny Shane. Listen.”
“We list!” recited Walter, but Cora quieted him with a look.
Then began the telling of the overheard conversation.
“Well, what do you know about that?”
“The nerve of that chap wanting a race!”
“We’ll race him, all right!”
“And so they’re going to do up old Denny, eh?”