yesterday. They're in the pantry."

"I know," says Jane. "We found 'em last night."

"The Glue Sisters!" says I. "Now see here, Kids, I've just thought of
a message I ought to give to Miss Vee."

"Who from?" demands Peggy.

"From a young chap I know who thinks a lot of her," says I. "It's
strictly private too."

"What's it about?" says Jane.

Which was when my tactics gave out. "Say, you two human question
marks," says I, "beat it, won't you?"

No, they just wouldn't. The best they would do for me was to back off
to the other side of the room, eyes and ears wide open, and there they
stood.

"Go on!" whispers Vee. "What was it he wanted to say?"

"It was about a couple of notes he wrote," says I.

"Yes?" says Vee. "What happened?"

"They came back," says I, "without being opened."

"Oh," says Vee, "those must have been the ones that----"