"But
maybe the tramps didn't hide them there, anyhow. We'll look around
some more."
"Let's eat," suggested Ted. "I'm hungry, and I've got a lot of cookies
in my pockets."
So they sat down on a stone in a shady place not far from the cave and
ate the things Nora had given Ted. They then got a drink from a
bubbling spring not far away, and pretended they were on a picnic.
Ted's muddy stocking had dried by this time, and he and Jan, using
sticks, scraped most of the dirt off.
"Now we'd better be going home," Jan suggested after a bit. "There
isn't any fun here."
"Yes, we might as well go," agreed Hal. And I'll tell you what let's
do!"
"What?" demanded Ted.
"Let's look in the place where Trouble found those blue stones and see
if we can find anymore."
"Oh, yes, let's!" cried Janet. She was happy again, now that she was
out in the bright sunshine.
The children remembered where Baby William had found the pretty rocks
from which he had made his castle, but when they reached the place not
a one was to be had, though they searched all about.
"I guess Trouble took them all," said Janet. "I remember now. I helped
him look for more and we couldn't find any."
"Well, maybe there'll be some more somewhere else," suggested Hal
hopefully. "Let's look."
So they looked, wandering about in the woods not far from camp, until
they heard Nora ringing the bell for dinner.
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