“Maybe we are sort of dumb,” Brad said, falling in with Jack’s mood. “You’re probably right, we don’t know what’s going on around here. That’s because we’re not on the scene much of the time. You’re roaming the woods and the marsh every day. I suppose you’ve seen things we haven’t.”
“You’re darn right I have,” Jack boasted. “I could tell you something about that black dress, if I had a mind to! What’s more, I could tell you about the money box—”
The boy broke off, suddenly aware that he was talking entirely too much.
“What about the money box?” Mr. Hatfield asked quietly.
Jack, however, started off through the woods.
“Wait!” Dan called after him.
Jack turned around, but his eyes were unfriendly and defiant.
“You won’t get anything out of me!” he taunted the Cubs. “I could tell you a lot if I wanted to. But I won’t! I’m not forgetting that it was the Cubs who took me back to the Child Study Institute!”
CHAPTER 16
Inside the Log
Jack Phillip’s hint that he was in possession of vital information relative to the missing money box amazed the Cubs.