“Dear Dad:—Glad you won. Much obliged for offering me the money. I don’t need it. I’ve been earning some, and if you want some ready money I’ll lend you twenty-five dollars. “Affectionately, “Your son, “Jack.” They were all aboard the yacht _Viking_, one evening not long after—Henry Burns and Jack Harvey, the crew, Tom and Bob, and the Warren boys. “Fellows,” said Harvey, “Henry’s got us all together to tell us a secret—something he’s discovered, he says. Come on, Henry, out with it.” Henry Burns, holding one hand in his coat pocket, and looking as grave as though his communication was to be one of the greatest importance, turned to his companions, and said: “I thought, because you were all such warm friends of Squire Brackett, you might like to know whether he was after that secret drawer in the _Viking_, and whether he found the lobster-claw.” The outburst of elation and surprise that followed assured Henry Burns he was not mistaken. “Well, I’ve found out,” said Henry Burns. “You see, when we got the yacht back we saw the drawer on the floor, and the claw, too. That was Carleton’s work, of course. I didn’t think about the squire’s having the drawer out, till later. We were all so upset, you know.” “Jack,” he continued, “do you remember our eating that lobster—the one that owned the claw we put into the drawer?” “Why, yes, of course,” replied Harvey. “And do you remember saying that you’d have eaten both claws if the one you left hadn’t been so big?” “Why, yes, I remember that, too,” replied the puzzled Harvey. “Well, now, which claw was it that you didn’t eat, and that we put into the drawer?” asked Henry Burns. “The right one,” answered Harvey. “I remember breaking off the left one to eat because it was smaller.” “That’s just as I remember it, too,” said Henry Burns. “Now look here.” He withdrew his hand from his pocket and produced the claw they had found on the cabin floor. A roar of laughter greeted its appearance. It was the left claw of a lobster that Henry Burns held up to view. THE END. BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THE LITTLE COLONEL BOOKS (Trade Mark) _By ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON_ Each, 1 vol., large 12mo, cloth decorative, per vol. $1.50 The Little Colonel Stories. (Trade Mark) Illustrated. Being three “Little Colonel” stories in the Cosy Corner Series, “The Little Colonel,” “Two Little Knights of Kentucky,” and “The Giant Scissors,” put into a single volume. The Little Colonel’s House Party. (Trade Mark) Illustrated by Louis Meynell. The Little Colonel’s Holidays. (Trade Mark) Illustrated by L. J. Bridgman. The Little Colonel’s Hero. (Trade Mark)