on end, jest as mine did!"




CHAPTER V

A FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION


On the following Monday Snap and Shep were walking down the main
street of Fairview when they heard a cry and saw Giant beckoning to
them from the post-office steps.

"What's up?" asked Snap, as he came up to the small youth.

"Ham Spink and Carl Dudder just went in to mail some letters,"
said Giant.

"What of that?"

"Whopper went in after them. Whopper and I are now sure it was
Ham and Carl who tried to steal our clothing the day we went swimming."

"How do you know that?" asked the doctor's son.

"By the way they are dressed. They have the same yellow-brown suits
on they wore that day."

Giant had scarcely spoken when Whopper came out. His face showed