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“Don’t talk nonsense, Sammy!”

“Well,” demanded the boy, ready to defend his opinion, “if they weren’t burglars, who were they?”

“Stop it, Sammy Pinkney!” demanded Tess. “Don’t you see you’re scaring Dot?”

“Maybe you’re scared, too,” suggested Sammy.

“I am not!”

“You are so!”

“I am not!”

“Children!” warned Ruth. “Please be quiet. And, Sammy, don’t say such things.”

“Well, s’posin’ they was the truth?”

“They couldn’t be! Those men weren’t burglars at all.”

“Who were they then?” and Sammy triumphantly waited for the answer. “Neale says they weren’t from the water department, and I just know they are burglars and they came in the cellar to look around and see the easiest way to break in to-night.”

“Cut it out, young man!” ordered Neale. “They were tramps, very likely, looking for something to eat, and when they couldn’t find it they quietly went away. They said they were from the water department because that was the first thing they thought of. Very likely, at the next house, they’ll say they’re from the fire department.”