18 Make- Believe

show them. I didn’t know what to do, so
I pretended to be angry.

“*No,’ I said; ‘we'll just play hide-and-
seek as you wanted to. Frank and I will
look for the treasure to-morrow, perhaps.’
They begged me to tell them all about the
treasure, but I refused; and when they
went home, I asked Frank to come alone
the next day. He waited for a minute
after they had gone, for he was as puzzled
as they were about the secret. ‘I say: is
there anything really ?’ he asked. But I
would not tell him.”

The Visitor interrupted. ‘ Was there
anything ?” he asked.

‘“‘T expect there is,” said Doris, ‘but I
did not know of a real treasure. I could
not think what to do, for I did not want to
disappoint Frank. So at last I thought of
a plan. Do you see this treasure? This
is a key, and that is my needle-case: this
used to be for hanging hats and coats on,
and that is part of a lock. I gilded them
all, and when I had done that I took them