CHAPTER XIX GOOD MONEY FOR BAD 

At luncheon Josie appeared at the table, fresh as ever, and Mary Louise began to relate to her and to her grandfather the occurrences of the morning. When she came to tell how Sol Jerrems had declared the money counterfeit, Josie suddenly sprang up and swung her napkin around her head, shouting gleefully: 

"Glory hallelujah! I've got him. I've trapped Old Swallowtail at last." 

They looked at her in amazement. 

"What do you mean?" asked Mary Louise. 

Josie sobered instantly. 

"Forgive me," she said; "I'm ashamed of myself. Go on with the story. What became of that counterfeit bill?" 

"Mr. Jerrems has it yet. He is keeping it to show to a commercial traveler, who is to visit his store to-morrow. If the man declares the money is good, then Ingua may buy her things." 

"We won't bother the commercial traveler," said Josie, in a tone of relief. "I'm going straight down to the store to redeem that bill. I want it in my possession." 

Colonel Hathaway regarded her gravely. 

"I think our female detective, having said so much and having exhibited such remarkable elation, must now explain her discoveries to us more fully," said he. 

"I'd rather not, just yet," protested Josie. "But what have I said in my madness, and what did my words imply?" 

"From the little I know of this case," replied the Colonel, "I must judge that you believe Mr. Cragg to be a counterfeiter, and that his mysterious business is--to counterfeit. In this out-of-the-way place," he continued, thoughtfully, "such a venture might be carried on for a long time without detection. Yet there is one thing that to me forbids this theory." 
Was the money declared good?
Sol Jerrems had declared the money counterfeit