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"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?" 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
 the keel of the boat," he said. "I can just feel it. Seems to be a bit of rag or cotton waste that I use to wipe off the oil and grease from my hands and to polish the machinery. Wait, I can get it out," he went on, as he thrust his arm down deeper. "I have my hand on it, but it is jammed in pretty tight and----" He gave a grunt and a pull, and then up came his arm, and in his 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 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!  JAMMED DOWN UNDER THE FLY WHEEL BETWEEN IT AND THE KEEL OF THE BOAT HE SAID I CAN JUST FEEL IT SEEMS TO BE A BIT OF RAG OR COTTON WAIST THAT I USED TO WIPE OFF THE OIL AND GREASE FROM MY HANDS AND TO POLISH THE MACHINERY WAIT I CAN GET IT OUT HE WENT ON AS HE THRUST HIS ARM DOWN DEEPER I HAVE MY HAND ON IT BUT IT IS JAMMED IN PRETTY TIGHT AND HE GAVE A GRUNT AND A PULL AND THEN UP CAME HIS ARM AND IN HIS 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
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