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Dora had given him the key, but to his surprise he found the padlock pried off and the door partly open. "Can this be more of Crabtree's work?" he asked himself. "Perhaps he has stolen the mare! What fools we were not to look in here last night." But Dick's fears were groundless. The mare was still there. But she was all saddled, ready for him to ride.
He was met at the companion-way by the Captain who gave him a thousand welcomes. Crabtree, after a few minutes rest and conversation, started for his home, eleven miles distant, promising to return early the next morning with a sledge to assist in taking the children to his cabin. In the morning he returned, and Captain Godfrey, his wife, and little ones, left the sloop and went to Crabtree's.
"I wonder what those rascals will tell the proprietor?" "Most likely the same old story that dad is crazy," answered Tom. "That's Crabtree's favorite game." They had just turned a curve in the road and come in sight of a low, rambling tavern, when they saw a big touring car of the enclosed pattern coming towards them.
"Never see a bull I couldn't handle," he said as the men, having returned, scrambled into the car. "Do you know who it belongs to?" asked Jack, as he turned round and headed back to where they left the luckless professor. "I reckon it's that big Holstein of Josh Crabtree's. He's pretty near as mean as his owner, and that's considerable."
"You like bread and milk, then," was Crabtree's sarcastic rejoinder. "Nothing better, sir, for supper." The head assistant bit his lip, and then set down the lamp. "Rover, don't you think, you are making a bad beginning? "he said after a pause. "I don't. understand you, Mr. Crabtree." "Any other boy on joining a school would wish to make his entrance as creditable as possible."
Josiah Crabtree's tones were so harsh that Tom's heart rebelled on the moment. "I shan't give them to you, Mr. Crabtree. You have no right to place me here. I wish to see the proprietor, Captain Putnam, at once." "Do you er refuse to recognize my authority over you?" cried Josiah Crabtree passionately. "I do, sir. When I have met Captain Putnam and been enrolled as a cadet it may be different.
Crabtree's gift, which he bore over from the store in his own arms. With dramatic effect he placed it on the floor at Miss Lavinia's feet and called for a hatchet for its opening.
"Your father and myself are different persons, Miss Dora," interrupted Josiah, Crabtree stiffly. "I prefer a quiet wedding, and no time is better than the present. I shall at once resign my position at Putnam Hall and come to live here." Dora Stanhope's lip curled in scorn. She saw through Josiah Crabtree's motives, even though her mother did not.
"I haven't forgot that." Vick and Tom remained until it was quite late, and then almost ran back to the Hall, for the captain had told them not to be out after eleven o'clock. For several days matters ran smoothly at the Hall. Then came Josiah Crabtree's trial, and all of the Rover boys went to the county seat, to remain several days. With them went Dora and her uncle, John Laning.
"Crabtree's work, beyond a doubt," he thought. Before he went to the house he came here, and it was his intention to steal the mare and get away on her. Before starting for Cedarville Dick acquainted Dora with the discovery he had made. "We were fortunate," said the girl. "I would not lose Dolly for a good deal."
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