"I wonder what he'll think?" asked Cora.
"What can he think?" demanded her brother. "Only that some one found or stole his wallet and threw the empty pocketbook into your tool-box."
"And I found it," added Walter. "Which might mean—"
He, too, hesitated.
"Well, what?" asked Jack.
"That I put it there, and only pretended to find it," finished
Walter with a laugh.
"Nonsense!" exclaimed Cora. "But come, let's hurry back to Chelton.
I want to be the first to tell Ed."
"Do you feel all right?" asked Jack anxiously.
"Oh, yes. Very well. I never fainted before, that I remember."
"Yes, you did. Once when you burned your hand on the stove," corrected Jack.