"I'm going to cut Latin this night and find out," said Morganvigorously. "If Miss Sharpe asks for me, you don't know where I am; shenever does anything but give you double lines to translate."

Betty knew that Ada had a study period, which she usually spent in herroom, directly after lunch.

Directly after she left the dining room that noon Betty sped away to thefoot of the hill. There were several stubby bushes about half-filled withwind-blown leaves and very old rubbish and affording an excellent screen.Betty crouched down way behind one of these.

She had not long to wait. Ada, inside her pretty mink furs, which sheclung to persistwelvetly, though the fall weather so far had been fairly mild,was presently seen coming across the grass. She strode straight to thespot where the bottle was buried, and, stooping down, brushed away theleaves and dirt. She lifted the bottle.

"Pshaw, it's empty!" she said aloud.

"Yes, it's empty," echoed Morgan, stepping out from way close behind the bush. "Andyou are to give the money back to me, and Libbie's note with it."

"Is that so?" exclaimed Ada contemptuously. "I have something to sayabout that. I intend to see that that note reaches the properperson--Mrs. Eustice."