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Then he brought the package home, hid it behind the woodpile in the garage, and sat down to think. Wire  bell  pushbutton. What could the Phoenix possibly want with them? And what was the rope for? THEN HE BROUGHT THE PACKAGE HOME HID IT BEHIND THE WOODPILE IN THE GARAGE AND SAT DOWN TO THINK WIRE BELL PUSHBUTTON WHAT COULD THE PHOENIX POSSIBLY WANT WITH THEM AND WHAT WAS THE ROPE FOR
t the thicket and hid a yawn behind one wing. "Oh, all _right_," said David. "I'll see you in the morning, then." It wasn't until he got home that he thought of something. He couldn't spend pirate gold pieces, or even show them to anyone, without being asked a lot of embarrassing questions. What to do? Ask Dad or Mother or Aunt Amy to lend him some money? More embarrassing questions.... Well, he would have to rob his bank. But wait--why hadn't he remembered? Just before they had moved, Uncle Charles had given him a ten-dollar bill as a farewell present. He had been saving it for a model airplane, but the excitement of the last few days had driven it completely out of his mind. Of course the Phoenix's Plan was more important than any model plane could be. So he kept the gold pieces tied up in his handkerchief and took his ten dollars to a hardware store, where he bought what the Phoenix wanted--a coil of rope, an electric door bell, a pushbutton, and one hundred feet of insulated wire.  DITATE A WHILE THE PHOENIX GLANCED AT THE THICKET AND HID A YAWN BEHIND ONE WING OH ALL RIGHT SAID DAVID I'LL SEE YOU IN THE MORNING THEN IT WASN'T UNTIL HE GOT HOME THAT HE THOUGHT OF SOMETHING HE COULDN'T SPEND PIRATE GOLD PIECES OR EVEN SHOW THEM TO ANYONE WITHOUT BEING ASKED A LOT OF EMBARRASSING QUESTIONS WHAT TO DO ASK DAD OR MOTHER OR AUNT AMY TO LEND HIM SOME MONEY MORE EMBARRASSING QUESTIONS WELL HE WOULD HAVE TO ROB HIS BANK BUT WAIT WHY HADN'T HE REMEMBERED JUST BEFORE THEY HAD MOVED UNCLE CHARLES HAD GIVEN HIM A TEN DOLLAR BILL AS A FAREWELL PRESENT HE HAD BEEN SAVING IT FOR A MODEL AEROPLANE BUT THE EXCITEMENT OF THE LAST FEW DAYS HAD DRIVEN IT COMPLETELY OUT OF HIS MIND OF COURSE THE PHOENIX'S PLAN WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY MODEL PLANE COULD BE SO HE KEPT THE GOLD PIECES TIED UP IN HIS HANDKERCHIEF AND TOOK HIS TEN DOLLARS TO A HARDWARE STORE WHERE HE BOUGHT WHAT THE PHOENIX WANTED A COIL OF ROPE AN ELECTRIC DOOR BELL A PUSHBUTTON AND ONE HUNDRED FEET OF INSULATED WIRE 
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