"
"I suppose not," Mollie admitted, and then the sheriff and his deputy
emerged into the daylight once more and each brought with him a bag.
"Now we will find out how far their rascality has gone," one of the men,
the elder of the two, asserted. "Perhaps you don't know it," he added,
untying the fastenings of the first bag, "but you young people have done
the community a great service. People all over are complaining of
stolen property, and, although we have suspected the gypsies for some
time, so far we haven't been able to prove anything. However, this
discovery of yours changes things considerably. Ah, what have we here?"
The sun struck full upon the brilliant mass, making it glow and sparkle
like a jewel. There were other and real jewels, too, in the collection,
which they were soon to discover.
"Oh," murmured Mollie, "if I could only find some trace of mother's
silver service among those things!"
The detective looked up sharply. "Have you folks lost anything?" he
asked.
"Oh, yes!" Mollie explained. "Mother lost her silver tea service that
has been in the family for ever so many years, besides an expensive jet
necklace.
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