She hesitated.

"Oh, you might as well say it--before some one else does," put in
Jack. "It looks mighty suspicious, Cora."

There was a vindictive air about him. He seemed to challenge an
accusation against his sister.

"I'm sure there was no need to say that," spoke Walter. "It may be
a mere--er--"

"Coincidence," finished Cora.

"A queer coincidence," quoth Jack. "Incidentally, some one got the
money, all right. We must hurry home and tell Ed."

"I wonder what he'll think?" asked Cora.

"What can he think?" demanded her brother. "Only that some one
found or stole his wallet and threw the empty pocketbook into your
tool-box."

"And I found it," added Walter. "Which might mean--"

He, too, hesitated.

"Well, what?" asked Jack.

"That I put it there, and only pretended to find it," finished