“What’s the matter?” cried Roy.
“Gone? What? Where?”
“The money! I put it up here for safe keeping and now it’s gone! It’s been stolen! And—and I’ve betrayed my trust!”
[CHAPTER XVIII]
THE SOCIETY AWAITS RESULTS
The three boys stared at Harry’s dismayed countenance in bewilderment. Dick was the first to find his voice.
“What do you mean?” he exclaimed. “Our money? The—the funds of the society?”
Harry, still perched precariously on top of the empty box, nodded silently, looking down anxiously from face to face.