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"Don't touch it!" cautioned Mr. Ravenwood. "It's soaked with oil and grease." DON'T TOUCH IT CAUTIONED MISTER RAVENWOOD IT'S SOAKED WITH OIL AND GREASE
 with water and oil. "There it is," said the young man. "It must have been in the pit for some time to get so soaked as that. I don't remember dropping anything in there. In fact, I'm very careful, for there isn't much room between the rim of the flywheel and the keel, and even a small bit of waste will stop the wheel, just as this did." "Is it waste?" asked Uncle Tad. "No, it doesn't seem to be," was Mr. Ravenwood's answer. "Why--why----" he went on in surprise, as he laid the object down on top of the engine cover and examined it. "Why, it's an old leather pocketbook!" "A pocketbook!" cried Bunny Brown and his sister Sue, and they looked at one another with startled eyes. "Yes, that's what it is--an old pocketbook," went on Mr. Ravenwood. "How in the world it ever came here I can't imagine, unless----" "Is it really a pocketbook?" asked Mrs. Brown in a strange voice, and her face was slightly pale as she turned to look at what had been taken out from under the engine. "Let me see it. S HAND HE HELD SOMETHING BLACK WHICH DRIPPED WITH WATER AND OIL THERE IT IS SAID THE YOUNG MAN IT MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE PIT FOR SOME TIME TO GET SO SOAKED AS THAT I DON'T REMEMBER DROPPING ANYTHING IN THERE IN FACT I'M VERY CAREFUL FOR THERE ISN'T MUCH ROOM BETWEEN THE RIM OF THE FLY WHEEL AND THE KEEL AND EVEN A SMALL BIT OF WAIST WILL STOP THE WHEEL JUST AS THIS DID IS IT WAIST ASKED UNCLE TAD NO IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE WAS MISTER RAVENWOOD'S ANSWER WHY WHY HE WENT ON IN SURPRISE AS HE LAID THE OBJECT DOWN ON THE TOP OF THE ENGINE COVER AND EXAMINED IT WHY IT'S AN OLD LEATHER POCKETBOOK A POCKET BOOK CRIED BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE AND THEY LOOKED AT ONE ANOTHER WITH STARTLED EYES YES THAT'S WHAT IT IS AN OLD POCKET BOOK WENT ON MISTER RAVENWOOD HOW IN THE WORLD THAT EVER CAME HERE I CAN'T IMAGINE UNLESS IS IT REALLY A POCKETBOOK ASKED MISSUS BROWN IN A STRANGE VOICE AND HER FACE WAS SLIGHTLY PALE AS SHE TURNED TO LOOK AT WHAT HAD BEEN TAKEN OUT FROM UNDER THE ENGINE LET ME SEE IT
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