ever!" gaspe

s a family photograph a

battered book Agnes had found in the old Corner House garret. On turning t

enough. Such an ornate certificate, or whatever it

o.,'" read Neale, slowly. "Whew! Calls

uess it means,

led. "I never saw a bond

hat kind o

d this is sup

is it

peat like a parro

lite as a-a pirat

ever see anyt

's printed on. You know very well, Neale, that

it only calls for m

alled very loud for

then," laughed Neale.

ther of the broad, important lookin

her thousand dolla

ale, meaning that the cert

good they look," A

ried Neale. "There were green-goods men

Agnes declared. "Oh! if it were

rove, sure enough,"

t's

ody. I suppose this has been in the garret for

t's no

w. But, if

ere!" repeat

gage bonds of a railroad which, if it had ever been built at all, was proba

rning the pages of the book and finding more of the

mebody? Oughtn't somebody's name to b

expect somebody once thought he was awfully rich wit

n Bloomingsburg it seemed as though if we had a dollar over at the end of the month, we were rich. Now that we h

g his eyes on the engraved bonds. "

Fifty thous

"What do you suppose they ever p

st it!" cr

's ju

of it before. They made this

manded the bo

Maltby might tell us something about it. And

grunted

irl, with more assurance. "It's a

Neale again,

she says it was the fad to save advert

aid grudgingly. "Let's see what

back of the book. "Why!" he exclaimed.

! o

ok good?" said

ederate money, Neale? Eva Larry has a big collection of Confede

tes bills-they're United States b

Nea

ey are counterfeit.

, d

was. Somebody'd have found it long ago. Your Uncle Peter, or Unc' Ruf

the corners. There's one all

ie," chuckled her boy chum. "You'd get arr

ared, "for folks to make such

you can be punished for having

hen let's put i

nt it, first," prop

ty dollar bills. Then came several pages of fifties. Then hundred dollar notes. In one case-which b

eale!" cried the Corner Hous

cil, was figuring up the "tre

cried, as he set down the last fig

nd girl looked at each other, all but s

or the children to pl

had so much money," he gasped, "I'd never have to take a cent from Uncle Bill Sorber

t were mine we'd have an auto," re

sed Neale. But it was plain by the look on his

it to the kids to play

y n

said frankly. "But don't d

dn't try to pass the

to study over it. Maybe I'll show the bonds to someb

course, t

y. "But bonds sometimes are worth a litt

, shaking her head.

nd if I take the

do take c

arm, neither he nor Agnes suspecting what troubl