CHAPTER VIII.
THE COLORS CONTEST The next morning Tom was much surprised to find his missing dress-suit case standing in front of his room door.
"Hello! How did this get here ?" he cried as he picked up the baggage.
"What's that ?" asked Sam, who was just getting up.
"Look!" answered his brother, and brought the case in.

"Somebody must have found it and left it here while I was asleep." "Very kind, whoever he was," said Sam.

"Are the contents all right ?" Instead of answering Tom placed the suit case on a chair and started to unlock it.
"Hello, it's unlocked!" he murmured.

"I thought I had it locked." He shoved back the clasps and threw the case open.

The contents were much jumbled, but he had expected this from the fact that the bag had been jounced out of the carriage.
"I guess the stuff is all here," he said slowly, turning over the clothing and other things.