As Dan spoke, his hand brushed against a tiny object far back in the niche.
In an attempt to grasp it, he succeeded in pushing it farther back, almost beyond reach.
“What have you found?” Brad asked eagerly.
“Don’t know yet,” Dan grunted. “My fingers touched something. Then whatever it was slipped away from me.”
At the outside door, Mr. Kain and the Cubs were waiting.
“Come on, Dan!” Midge called.
Paying no heed, the boy groped again in the chimney niche.
This time he was able to fasten his fingers about the object.
He could feel its soft covering, and something hard inside.
Aware that Dan had made a discovery, the other Cubs quickly returned to the living room.