ently Frank was not in the same anxious and worried frame of mind
as his cousin. He paid no attention to what Andy was saying, but went
on questioning the one who had been in camp, and talked with the
gentleman in question.

"What other reason did he give for coming out here?" he asked.

"Oh! let's see," Larry, replied, slowly, as though thinking.
"Elephant, he mentioned the fact that he had heard something of our
little circus last night, didn't he; and wanted to hear the truth about
the arrest of Jules?"

"Yes, and even told us that Mr. Longley was connected with a big New
York newspaper, an editor or something, and wanted to wire the truth
down to his office," Elephant added.

"I wonder if that was a yarn, now?" remarked doubting Andy.

"Oh! well, he did take a lot of notes down in shorthand, while the lot
of us kept on telling all about the coming of Jules," Larry went on.

"I hope you didn't stretch things too much," Frank remarked, knowing
that this was really a failing of Larry's, especially when relating the
exploits of any of his chums, rather than his own adventures.

"Now, that's mean of you, Frank, to suspect me of yarning," protested
the other. "I just hewed as straight to the line as I could. Elephant
here, and Nat, tried to widen things every little while; but I wouldn't
have it. When you read the story you'll see how Truthful Larry talked."

Frank smiled at the idea of poor Stuttering Nat being drawn into the
mess; when the chances were he could not have said even one word with
two such ready and willing talkers close by.

"How am I ever going to read about it?" he inquired.

"Why, you see, Mr. Longley promised to have some papers with the
interview in, mailed to me as soon as it appeared, which would be
tomorrow morning. Said it was a dandy piece of news, didn't he,
fellows? And thanked me ever so many times for my extremely modest way
of telling it."

Elephant had a wide grin on his face about this time, and Frank could
draw his own conclusions as to just what the gentleman really did say.

"Well, I must say that Mr. Marsh puzzles me right along," he remarked.
"And all I hope is, that when we come to learn the truth about him it
isn't some unpleasant surprise he means to fling us."

"He acted mighty nice, anyhow," remarked Elephant.

"And that's a fact, ain't it, Nat?" remarked Larry, turning to the
stutterer.

Possibly Nat had been preparing for his little speech, and shaped his