The Motor Girls

ent on Ed as he

Lem and I di

mean to sa

was lost. You see, I had to have some one keep watch on one side of t

ted the detail

at he and Sid Wilcox have been seen together several times lately, a

ted Jack hopefully. "We won't hear from them for some

as you know, I have already notified the Chelton police. They have b

it had been turned in ther

get a list of the bonds and their numbers, as well as the numbers of the big

aid you didn't want

s morning. I have two that look exactly alike. I may have picked up the empty one, shoved it into my pocket, and lost that one. The one conta

you fi

ig loss to me-almost m

what I am g

as possible, but there was a dubious look on his fac

was-as he had feared-lost. He communicated this fact to the police, and soon the chief had ordered some handbills printed, describing the pocketbo

' for, eh? Twenty thousand dollars! But I knowed it all the while. As if Jack Kimball an' his sister could fool me! But I'll bleed him-th

ne undertaken by Jack and Lem. Cora and Walter looked carefully over the whole length of t

rked Walter. "I

as she skillfully drove the car through the Chelton stre

e had it when he was fixing your car, and he

a moment, t

thinks that some

ioned Cora, and at this Walter alighte

to reach home and learn the details of Jack's search, though she and Walter knew, fr

ousand dollars. Speculation was rife, and opinion was equally divided on the question of whether it

help. He was advised to hire private detectives, and said he woul

rable friends, the Robinson twins, and Walter, whom she had picked up on the roa

e," said Cora as she turned

d she tried to keep down t

n club is going to give, and he said he might bring a c

?" asked Bess

a; "and charming ones

's t

he Never Sleep mem

embers?" repea

cause we used to be up at all hours. Some

xclaimed Bess frankly. "

save your life,

red Bess, making a lit

dn't know

r. "But," he added, "if I'm not mi

puffing sounds of autos. "There he is!" she exclaimed as Jack

rely hold three, Jack had managed to s

a. "You're just in time. Take one of these brutes

ad as he caught sight

m first!" exc

turn to ride in a dece

get in Cora's car, and I'll take the Mi

Jack introduced his mandolin clu

went on Jack. "Here, Diddick, you and Parks go in the big car.

oumans tried to look as if he liked to remain with Jack. But it was har

of the rear tires of the touring car was flat. "We can't go

o do it, too, Walter," urged D

," volunteered

e tool-box to get out the pump and the lifting-jack. As

Cora, who was looking o

face was strangely white as

ter's wallet in the

pocketbook

id you get it?

your-to

ha

ora fairly leaped out beside him. She was staring at the brown leat

earth-"

nd for the pocketbook.

flap, and uttered

mp

's face turned strangely white, and she began swaying,

rwrought girl staggere

er's