and fickle mind. But she followed his sturdy little
form dutifully as he trudged up the road and into a certain lane. On
he went, like a redoubtable conqueror with Pepsy after him. To her
consternation he went straight up to the kitchen door, yes, of Constable
Beriah Bungel's humble abode! Pepsy stood behind him in a kind of daze
and heard his resounding knock as in a dream. Then suddenly to her
dismay and terror she saw Beriah Bungel himself standing in the open
doorway looking fiercely down at the little khaki-clad scout.

"Mr. Bungel," she heard as she stood gaping and listening and ready to
run at the terrible official's first move, "Mr. Bungel, if you want to
know where those two fellers are that stole the motorcycles, they're
hiding in Kelly's barn and I guess they'll stay there till dark. So if
you want to go and get them you'll get two hundred and fifty dollars as
long as you don't say who told you where they are."

Without another word he turned and trudged away along the path, Pepsy
following after him, to astonished to speak.

CHAPTER XXII

FATE IS JUST

On that very morning Constable Bungel performed the stupendous feat
which sent his name ringing through Borden County and established him
definitely as the Sherlock Holmes of Everdoze.

Followed by the local citizenry, who marveled at his deductive skill,
he advanced against Kelly's barn in the outskirts of Berryville. Here,
perceiving evidences of occupation, he demanded admittance and on
being ignored he forced an entrance and courageously arrested two young
fellows who were hiding there waiting for the night to come.

It is painful to relate that in process of being captured one of
these youthful fugitives delivered a devastating blow upon the long nose
of the constable thereby unconsciously doing a good turn like a true
scout and repaying him in kind for his treatment of Pee-wee Thus it will
be seen that fate is just for, as Pee-wee explained to Pepsy, "He got
everything I wanted him to get, a punch in the nose and two hundred and
fifty dollars. And that shows how I got paid back for doing a good
turn, because if I hadn't given up that two hundred and fifty dollars
he wouldn't have got punched, so you see it pays to be generous and kind
like it says in the handbook."

The official pride of Beriah Bungel as he led his captives back to
Everdoze to await transportation to Baxter City was somewhat chilled by
the ing