Chub dropped into a chair and pulled the letter out of his pocket.
[CHAPTER III.]
M'READY'S "STRIKE."
"Why, it's from dad!" cried Susie, looking over her brother's shoulder as he opened out a brown, greasy-looking sheet of paper.
"That's what, sis," returned Chub. "Dad scribbled this on a piece of candle-wrapper."
"How did the letter get here? Where did it come from?"
Matt explained how the letter had been dropped by Dirk Hawley and found on the bridge. The girl's face flushed angrily.
"What business had Hawley with a letter of Mark's?" she asked.