“It looks like it. Let’s go and see if we can’t find Slim.”

All about them people were commenting on the size of the reward, and there were many expressions of envy for the person who should be fortunate enough to solve the mystery.

“A thousand dollars!” said Frank, as they made their way out of the post office. “That’s a lot of money, Joe.”

“I’ll say it is.”

“And there’s no reason why we haven’t as good a chance of getting it as anyone else.”

“Golly⁠—if we only could!”

“Why not? Let’s get at this case in real earnest. Of course, we would do what we could anyway, but⁠—”

“A thousand dollars!”

“It’s worth trying for.”