"It certainly was uncomfortable," put in Bess.
"Especially for Ed Foster," remarked Jack with a. significant grin as he took another chocolate. "Um—um—these are mighty fine, sis!"
"Oh, take them all!" cried Cora. "But tell us some more about it; do, Jack, please!"
"Yes. Do they really think they're on the right track?" asked
Isabel.
"That's all I know about it," answered Jack calmly as he finished the last candy. "I heard the detectives had promised to get the money back inside of a week, and that's all. Maybe it was only talk. They have to say something for their pay, you know. But I almost forgot. There is another bit of news, girls."
"What?" they demanded in chorus.
"Ed says he knows who took the money."
As Jack made this announcement he looked around as indifferently as if he had made the most ordinary remark on the most commonplace subject.