`` Thunder turtles ! '' cried Tommy , and seizing them he dashed into the house , bawling wildly , `` It 's all right ! Got my money ! Where 's Nat ? '' He was soon found , and his surprise and pleasure were so genuine that few doubted his word when he now denied all knowledge of the money . `` How could I put it back when I did n't take it ? Do believe me now , and be good to me again , '' he said , so imploringly , that Emil slapped him on the back , and declared he would for one . `` So will I , and I 'm jolly glad it 's not you . But who the dickens is it ? '' said Tommy , after shaking hands heartily with Nat . `` Never mind , as long as it 's found , '' said Dan with his eyes fixed on Nat 's happy face . `` Well , I like that ! I 'm not going to have my things hooked , and then brought back like the juggling man 's tricks , '' cried Tommy , looking at his money as if he suspected witchcraft . `` We 'll find him out somehow , though he was sly enough to print this so his writing would n't be known , '' said Franz , examining the paper . `` Demi prints tip-top , '' put in Rob , who had not a very clear idea what the fuss was all about . `` You ca n't make me believe it 's him , not if you talk till you are blue , '' said Tommy , and the others hooted at the mere idea ; for the little deacon , as they called him , was above suspicion . Nat felt the difference in the way they spoke of Demi and himself , and would have given all he had or ever hoped to have to be so trusted ; for he had learned how easy it is to lose the confidence of others , how very , very hard to win it back , and truth became to him a precious thing since he had suffered from neglecting it . Mr. Bhaer was very glad one step had been taken in the right direction , and waited hopefully for yet further revelations . They came sooner than he expected , and in a way that surprised and grieved him very much . As they sat at supper that night , a square parcel was handed to Mrs. Bhaer from Mrs. Bates , a neighbor .
A note accompanied the parcel , and , while Mr. Bhaer read it , Demi pulled off the wrapper , exclaiming , as he saw its contents , `` Why , it 's the book Uncle Teddy gave XXXXX ! ''
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