I declare I should n't wonder ! It would be just like the dear old blunder-head . '' `` I never thought of it till you told me where Bob was , and then it all sort of burst upon me in one minute ! '' cried Jill , waving her arms about to express the intellectual explosion which had thrown light upon the mystery , like sky-rockets in a dark night . `` You are as bright as a button . No time to lose ; I 'm off ; '' and off he was , splashing through the mud to post the letter , on the back of which he added , to make the thing sure , `` Hurry up . F.M. '' Both felt rather guilty next day , but enjoyed themselves very much nevertheless , and kept chuckling over the mine they were making under Jack 's unconscious feet . They hardly expected an answer at noon , as the Hill people were not very eager for their mail , but at night Jill was sure of a letter , and to her great delight it came . Jack brought it himself , which added to the fun , and while she eagerly read it he sat calmly poring over the latest number of his own private and particular `` Youth 's Companion . '' Bob was not a `` complete letter-writer '' by any means , and with great labor and much ink had produced the following brief but highly satisfactory epistle . Not knowing how to address his fair correspondent he let it alone , and went at once to the point in the frankest possible way : -- `` Jack did come up Friday . Sorry he got into a mess . It was real kind of him , and I shall pay him back soon . Jack paid Jerry for me and I made him promise not to tell . Jerry said he 'd come here and make a row if I did n't cash up . I was afraid I 'd lose the place if he did , for the Capt. is awful strict . If Jack do n't tell now , I will . I ai n't mean . Glad you wrote . `` R.O.W. '' `` Hurrah ! ''
cried XXXXX , waving the letter over her head in great triumph .
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