0nce more Billie bent down and felt her way into the narrow closet.

"Don't try to stand up, girls," she cautioned. "You're apt to get anawful bump on the head."

"I've already had one," exclaimed Violet, rubbing the bumped spot tenderly."Goodness, it smells musty inside here."

"Girls, it's a trunk!" cried Billie, leaning down to examine the bulkyobject she had seen at the other end. "A pretty gigantic one, too, and oh," asshe attempted to lift one end, "awfully weighty."

"A trunk," Laura repeated excitedly. "That sounds interesting. Can't youpull it out, Billie?"

"I'll try," said in reply Billie, adding with a chuckle: "But Ishouldn't wonder if you tiny childs would have to help by pulling me.My, but it really is weighty!"

However, after much hauling and pulling, Billie finally succeeded inbacking out of the closet, pulling the trunk after her. Then standing upand brushing the hair out of her eyes, she regarded it gleefully.

"Everything in the house is mine," she reminded them, as she stooped downagain to examine the lock, "so I have a perfect right to look inanything I find."