Alden read the letter again. Then he said, “Jessie, you say we don’t know any more than we did. But I think we do.” “Right,” said Jessie, laughing. “I think so myself, now. We know there is something up in Maine anyway.” “Yes, and we know more than that,” said her grandfather. “I had better tell you one other thing. Just before Bill disappeared, he sold two fine race horses for your great-grandfather. But he never paid over the money. He kept saying he would, but he never did. I always thought his brother got it away from him, and Bill went away to get it back. I may be wrong.” Joe said, “Maybe Bill was afraid to come back without the money.” “That’s what we thought,” said Mr. Alden. “You see, the week after Bill disappeared, his brother Sam was killed by a car. So he couldn’t help us find Bill.” “Did Mrs. McGregor know about the race horses and the money?” asked Jessie. “Yes. Poor Margaret! She never got over it,” answered Mr. Alden. “But she never thought Bill took the money.”
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