CHAPTER XIX

The Rug Buyer Two days later an event occurred that brought the activities of the counterfeiters much closer home. Frank and Joe returned from school on Monday afternoon to find their mother in a state of great agitation. The moment they entered the house they could tell that something unusual had happened, for Mrs. Hardy was sitting by the living-room table gazing disconsolately at a great heap of bills in her lap. “Where’d you get all the money, mother?” asked Frank, jokingly at first. But his expression became s…