"Let me see that bowl, Bert," said Mr. Bobbsey a bit sternly. "I think
you are making a big mistake. This isn't at all like the kind of china
Miss Pompret has. Hers is much finer and thinner."
"But this has got a lion on the bottom, and it's in a circle just like
the lion on Miss Pompret's dishes!" said Bert, as he passed the bowl to
his father.
"Are the letters there--the letters 'J.W.'?" Nan asked eagerly.
"I don't see them," said Bert. "But the lion is there. Maybe the letters
rubbed off, or maybe the tramp scratched 'em off."
"No, Bert," and Mr. Bobbsey shook his head, "this sugar bowl has a lion
marked on the bottom, it is true, but it isn't the same kind that is on
Miss Pompret's fine china. This tableware is made in Trenton, New
Jersey, and it is new--it isn't as old as that Miss Pompret showed you.
Now please pick up the sugar, and don't act so quickly again."
"Well, it looked just like her sugar bowl," said Bert, as he began
putting the square lumps back where they belonged. A smiling waiter saw
what had happened, and came up with a sort of silver shovel, finishing
what Bert had started to do.
"Wouldn't it have been great if we had really found her milk pitcher and
sugar bowl?" asked Nan.
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