"I never thought of that."

"Where is your mother now?"

"Lying down with a headache. She is getting more nervous every
day. I wish Mr. Crabtree was - was --"

"In Halifax, I suppose," finished Dick.

"Yes, or some other place as far off. Every time he comes near
mamma she has the strangest spells."

"He is a bad man -- no doubt of it, Dora. I almost wish we had
him back to the Hall. Then I could keep my eye on him."

"I'm glad you are back, Dick," said the girl softly. "If there
is any trouble, you'll let me call on you, won't you?"

"I shall expect you to call on me, Dora -- the very first thing,"
he returned promptly. "I wouldn't have anything happen to you or
your mother for anything in the world."

By this time Sam and Tom were coming up, and they had to be told
about Dan Baxter.

"He and his father are a team," said Sam.

"I wonder if he knows what his father has done. If I meet him
I'll ask him."