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She paused and drew back.

“Of course not!” answered Ruth. “But I’m going to mention it to Neale and Luke.”

Upon inquiry they learned that Cecile had been called home by her aunt, but Luke was still staying with Neale.

Those two youths, however, did not attach much importance to what Ruth told them.

“They might have been the same men,” Neale admitted. “But as long as they haven’t been back in your cellar it doesn’t mean anything. Very likely they are tramps, pretending to look for work. I’ll speak to the policeman whose beat takes in your house.”

“I wish you would,” said Ruth.

There were now busy days at the Corner House. But a few weeks remained of the summer vacation, and the girls wanted to make the most of it, Tess and Dot especially. Nor were Luke and Neale unaware of the flight of the glorious summer time. For though Luke was anxious to complete his college course, and Neale his high-school studies, that he might get in the honored class with Luke, neither youth was so abnormal as to wish for the end of vacation.