CHAPTER XXV
THE SECRET OF THE SEALED PACKET—CONCLUSION
"About me!" exclaimed Joe, looking amazed.
"Talk to me about surprises!" ejaculated Jerry. "Frank does love to knock us all silly!"
"How could your father know about Joe, here?" demanded skeptical Lawyer
Bluff.
"Joe, what was your father's name?" asked Frank, eagerness in his bright eyes.
"Joseph Sprague Abercrombie," came the immediate response.
"Hurrah! That settles it!" shouted Frank, throwing his hat into the air. His chums could not ever remember having seen him one-half so excited before.
"Take pity on us!" cried Will, catching the other by the sleeve.
"Yes, hurry up and tell, or I'll burst!" ejaculated Bluff.