Crabtree may be around, with some new scheme against you or your
mother. I wish he could have been left behind in Africa."

"Oh, so do I! but he and Dan Baxter both came back to America,
didn't they?"

"So we heard in Boma. But don't get worked up too much, Dora, for
it might have been only a cat, -- or a common tramp looking for
something to eat. We have had lots of tramps around the Hall
lately."

"I have asked Grace Laning to pay us a visit, and she is coming
over to-morrow."

"Then you will have somebody in the house besides your mother and
yourself. I wish I could stay with you folks."

"How long are you going to remain at the Hall, Dick? When you came
back you said something about going out West with your father to
look up that mining claim in Colorado."

"We shan't start for the West until next spring. Father was going
right away at first, but after he found out that Arnold Baxter was
safe in jail and couldn't bother him any more, he concluded to
remain with Uncle Randolph and Aunt Martha until next spring so as
to give himself the chance to get back his old-time strength. His
sufferings in Africa pulled him down a good bit."

"I suppose. Well, I am glad you will be around during the winter.
Next summer mamma has promised to go with me on a trip to Buffalo