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“She said we were passing counterfeit money,” added Jessie, a shadow crossing her face as she thought of that accusation.

“She said what?” asked Darry again, staring. And when Jessie repeated Belle’s words he threw back his head and roared with laughter.

“Well, that is rich!” he said, when he had recovered his breath.

“I don’t see anything to laugh about,” said Jessie, seriously. “We did not feel very much like laughing at the time.”

“We were more inclined to throw bricks,” agreed Amy. “Those girls are getting impossible, Darry!”

“I know they are,” returned the young fellow, seriously. “But what I was wondering about,” he added, curiously, “was how in time they got hold of the information that Amy got stung with the counterfeit bill!”

“I don’t know,” said Amy, indifferently, adding with a chuckle: “I’m sure there is one girl who hasn’t told about it, and that is the tall thin girl who gave the bill to me.”

“I have been wondering about her a good deal,” Jessie confessed. “I have a feeling that that girl is in trouble——”