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It was a fact that, although Professor Dimp did not interfere in this play business, most of the other teachers desired to have their opinions considered. The girls would not have minded Mr. Sharp. Indeed, they courted his advice. But when Miss Grace Gee Carrington stood up to speak, some of them audibly groaned. Miss Carrington was Mr.
"Well I says, 'I'm runnin' the Juv'nals, and you've got to do just what I say. I've got a dandy scheme for raisin' money and we'll have some fun doin' it, or I miss my guess. Then I asked Sam Cooley how much money he'd got, and Sam, he had forty-four cents, Billy Burns had fifty-two cents, and Dimple had only two. Dimp never did have much loose cash, anyway.
"And he certainly stood up to that red-faced sheriff this morning Oh, gee!" finished the tomboy, with a gasp. "Here he is now." "Here's who?" squealed Lil, whirling around. "Professor Dimp?" demanded Nell. But it was the sheriff. "'Scuse me, young ladies," he wheezed. "But I feel it my duty to s'arch this yere camp.
"I saw Chet wig-wagging a little while ago, and I answered and read his message. He is bringing over a gentleman from Albany a lawyer to see Professor Dimp and the young man who has been in hiding so long. I think something important is going to happen," said Laura, complacently. "Do let the Barnacle keep the sheriff up in that tree for a little while longer."
Professor Dimp pretty nearly set him back for that." "Aw now," growled Billy. "He asked for a date, didn't he?" "What's the burn?" demanded Bobby, briskly. "Why, Old Dimple asked Billy to mention a memorable date in Roman history, and Billy says: 'Antony's with Cleopatra." "Oh, oh, oh!" gasped Jess. "That's the worst kind of slang." Mrs. Morse paid the young folk very little attention.
He was surely not camping against his will, with the strange young man who had saved Short and Long from the farmer's savage dog. Professor Dimp must have some deep interest in him. Laura, too, could not believe the young man with the gun to be a criminal of the character the newspapers had given the thief and forger who had betrayed his employers in the bank. "That young man has a good face.
Not alone that, but he was camping on this island, without a permit from the Rocky River Lumber Company; and his companion was their own respected, if not well-liked, Professor Dimp. Certainly the old professor could have had nothing to do with the robbery of the bank; nor could he have reaped any benefit by such crime. Laura was sure that the old professor was perfectly honest and respectable.
"I am thankful one of our fellow-inhabitants of the island is nobody worse than Professor Dimp." "But why?" demanded Bobby, wonderingly. "We'll find out what it means," said Laura, with more confidence than she really felt. Of course, she was not afraid of any physical violence.
He seemed grayer than ever. His thin lips actually trembled as he greeted the three girls in characteristic manner. His eyes, however, were as bright as ever like steel points. He looked this way when the boys had been a trial to him in Latin class and he was about to say something very sharp. "We are sorry to disturb you, Professor Dimp," said Laura, bravely. "But we are in a quandary."
Laura, and Jess, and Bobby looked at each other. Of course, Mother Wit had understood the approach of the barge from the first; but she had said nothing. Now Jess and Bobby burst out with: "Oh! he must be after that young man." "What young man?" was the chorus of the other campers. "The young man who is with Professor Dimp," said the thoughtless Bobby. "Isn't that it, Laura?" Laura groaned.
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