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" you see 'em?"

"Are they all there?"

"What about Helen Newton? "

"Say, where's my brown suit? "

"Has anyone seen my purple tie?"

"Give me those shoes, Sid! Who said you couid take 'em, anyhow—my best ones?" and Phil fairly upset his chum in order to rescue the footgear that had been taken without his permission.

I presume the reader can understand the meaning of the expressions which open this chapter. They had to do directly with Tom's startling announcement, and who said which or what does not matter. Sufficient to state that Sid, Phil and Frank thus overwhelmed Tom with the above questions.

"I didn't see any of 'em," went on Tom, when he could get his breath. "But I heard her laugh"

"Heard who laugh?" demanded Phil.

"Your sister."

"I thought you said they all came!" reproached Sid.