CHAPTER XXIV
THE FAKER CAUGHT
Several things happened at about the same time, and so quickly that the girls confessed afterward that they were fairly dizzy. Consequently they were not altogether sure of the sequence of events themselves.
But as that does not so much matter as does the ultimate effect, I will set down the various happenings in such order as .will best indicate to the reader the proceedings.
Naturally the attention of Mr. Blackford, and the girls, was first drawn to Mr. Bailey, the farmer, who was shaking his fist at the man selling tooth powder on the platform. His announcement that this was the man he sought was sufficiently dramatic.
Then came Carrie's startled cry. Betty and Mollie turned around to look at her.
"Are you sure he is the man who called himself your guardian?" asked Mollie. "Don't make any mistake."
"I am not making a mistake," murmured Car-
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