“We got eggs and chickens and corn and beets and peas and a whole half-gallon of milk!” called Dick, jubilantly. “And some little round squashes that you fry in bread-crumbs.”
“Didn’t you bring the things from the store?” asked Roy.
“No,” Chub answered.
“Why not?”
“Well, I guess we sort of forgot them. Some one broke into the store last night and stole the money and a lot of groceries.”
Presently, when Roy and Dick had heard all there was to hear, Chub decoyed Roy to the tent, out of hearing of Harry.
“I say, Roy,” he began, “do you remember the other night when we found those cans of peaches on the bed?”
“Sure,” answered Roy.
“Remember we found a lot of matches on the floor?”