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But the rain sent the boys home , for rain in a tent is most depressing , and as all the other bungalows were being repaired , they could not live in one with any comfort . But finally the sun came out , and the girls really set off on almost the last stage of their tour . They expected to be in Judgeville at night , though the walk was about the longest they had planned for any one day . Shortly before noon their way took them along a highway that paralleled the railroad -- the same line that ran to Deepdale . And , naturally , the talk turned to the finding of the five hundred dollar bill . `` Do you suppose we 'll ever find the owner ? '' asked Mollie .