There were tears
in her eyes, and she did not want Jack to see them.
As she looked down a corridor of the post-office, she saw a stooping
figure hurrying along. It was that of Sid Wilcox. And from another
corridor, crossing the main one, came a girl, who joined him.
The girl was Ida Giles, and as Cora watched them she saw Sid hand
Ida something that showed white in the gleam of an incandescent
lamp. It was evidently a letter.
CHAPTER XI
MOTORING OUTFITS
For days following the loss of the money and the finding of the
empty pocketbook every possible clue was followed up, both by the
police of New City and Chelton, and by many detectives, who were
lured on by the offered reward of five hundred dollars.
Nor were suspicious tongues idle. If Cora was not openly accused,
it was because she had a brother who would vigorously defend her.
Nor did the Robinson girls altogether escape, though it was
generally hinted, in the case of all the young ladies, that they
might have hidden the money "just for fun," and when they saw what
excitement it caused they were afraid to return it.
"As if that was a joke," said Cora, when she heard this version.
Of course, the boys who took part in the race had to answer numerous
questions for the police, but at the end of a week, which was an
unpleasant one for all concerned, the detectives were as far off the
track as ever.
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