Catch me leaving my cash round again , '' returned Tommy . `` I see 'em one , four , eight , two dollars , '' persisted Billy , who had not yet mastered the figures correctly . `` What a jack you are ! '' and Tommy hopped up to get the chalk for himself , but nearly tumbled down again , for there actually were four bright quarters in a row , with a bit of paper on them directed to `` Tom Bangs , '' that there might be no mistake . `` 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 .
XXXXX 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 .
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