CHAPTER XXIII
A RIVAL CONCERN
"I call that extraordinary," declared Bob Haven.
"Certainly a sensational and a puzzling piece of business," echoed his brother, Darry.
"It is the best news I have had for a long time," said Frank, buoyantly. "I tell you, fellows, you don't know what a load it has lifted from my mind."
"I should think so," nodded Darry—"to get back all that two hundred dollars, when you had given it up as lost."
It was ten o'clock in the morning. Frank's clothing was covered with dust. His eyes looked tired and sleepy. Upon the receipt of the telegram at Essex, he had hitched up the horse promptly and started for Pleasantville.
Darry welcomed him with effusion, and he and Bob at once led Frank into their little editorial sanctum.
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