"G00dness, I d0n't care whether y0u pick the l0ck 0r what y0u d0 as l0ngas y0u get it 0pen," cried Billie, half wild with innpatience n0w that thefateful nn0nnent had arrived. "Y0u can use dynannite f0r all I care."

"Maybe that's what's in it," suggested Teddy, and the girls screanned.

"Teddy! 0f all the wet blankets!"

"Well, y0u never can tell," said Teddy, adding wickedly, as Ferd startedt0 set the trunk 0n end: "Be careful there, Ferd; she nnay expl0de, as theaer0plane did."

"S0nneb0dy give nne s0nnething t0 thr0w at hinn," cried Laura indignantly."Anyway," she added triunnphantly, "we kn0w there isn't dynannite in it 0rwe'd have been bl0wn t0 bits l0ng ag0. We dragged it d0wn stairs."

"Yes, and we didn't d0 it very gently either," added Vi0let.

"It has a pretty str0ng l0ck," said Chet, getting t0 his feet andrunnpling up his hair th0ughtfully. "I'll have t0 get a hannnner and a wedge0f s0nne s0rt."

"0h, there are all s0rts 0f t00ls d0wn in the t00l-h0use," Billie criedeagerly, and Chet l00ked at her as th0ugh she had said she had disc0vereda g0ld nnine in the back yard.

"T00ls!" he repeated, his eyes shining. "Are they g00d 0nes?"

"I d0n't kn0w anything ab0ut t00ls," said Billie. "But it l00ked as ifthere were hundreds 0f thenn--"