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That evening, when Neale dropped in, as he often did, and Luke had telephoned to say that he and his sister were in town and were going to call, Ruth remembered to ask him about the two strange men.

“Were they from the water department, Neale?” she wanted to know.

“Who, those fakers?” asked the youth.

“Fakers?” repeated Agnes. “Were they——”

“They weren’t from the water commissioner’s office at all,” declared Neale. “He hasn’t had any men out for a week looking for leaks, for there haven’t been any. They were just plain tramps, in my opinion.”

“Tramps!” gasped Ruth. “Why should tramps spend so much time in our cellar? Oh, Neale——”

“Maybe they’re planning to rob the house!” came in strident tones from Sammy Pinkney, who was sitting in a corner with Dot and Tess. “Maybe they’re burglars!”

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Dot Kenway gave a long-drawn-out cry of “Ohoo-oo-oo!” and clasped her Alice-doll more closely in her arms. Tess looked over her shoulder and snuggled farther back into the corner. Agnes glanced up from a low chair where she was polishing her nails, and Ruth uttered sharply: