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Fenn learned the facts from the matron, and detailed them to Kennedy. "Kay got the offer of a headmastership at a small school in the north, and jumped at it. I pity the fellows there. They are going to have a lively time." "I'm jolly glad Dencroft has got the house," said Kennedy. "We might have had some awful rotter put in. Dencroft will help us buck up the house games."
"Here's the corduroy road," said Bart, pointing to where the log highway began. "Ah, indeed," remarked Mr. Hardman. "Quite interesting. Made of little logs laid side by side. To prevent wagons from sinking down into the mud, I suppose?" "It isn't used much nowadays," volunteered Fenn. "It was built by the loggers when they were cutting some timber, but that was several years ago."
He seemed to think that Kennedy ought to have sat up all night on the chance of somebody cutting out of the dormitory. At any rate, he ragged him. I won the weekly shilling on that; and deserved it, too." Fenn had to go over to the gymnasium shortly after this. Jimmy Silver stayed on, talking to Kennedy. "And bar Kay," said Jimmy, "how do you find the house doing? Any better?" "Better!
"It must be a fair sort of hole, judging from the specimens you see crawling about in Kay caps. I wish I'd known my people were sending young Billy there. I'd have warned them. I only told them not to sling him in here. I had no idea they'd have picked Kay's." "Fenn was telling me the other day," said Kennedy, "that being in Kay's had spoiled his whole time at the school.
"Do you know anything about this Mr. Hardman?" asked Fenn. "Only what I've heard," Bart answered. "He came to the hotel about a week ago. Seems to have plenty of money. Treated me very nicely, but, somehow I don't like him, and I can't give any reason for it." "Did you get the grub with the money he gave you?" asked Ned. "Yes." The next morning the three chums went to the hotel. They found Mr.
"Frank didn't want me to know he was going," said Fenn to himself. "He wanted to slip away for some reason. Now I wonder what it could have been? He's been acting very queer lately. I hope " Just then Ned and Bart came through the woods, carrying strings of fish. "What's the matter?" asked Bart, as Fenn came to the flap of the tent, his face plainly showing something had happened. "Frank's gone!"
He thought not; but his heart began to beat furiously as the footsteps stopped outside the cupboard door and unseen fingers rattled the handle. Twice Mr Kay tried the handle, but, finding the cupboard locked, passed on into the dining-room. The light of the candle ceased to shine under the door, and Fenn was once more in inky darkness. He listened intently.
But, as he beached the boat, one glance at their tousled hair, and their eyes, still heavy from sleep, told him he had only recently been missed. He knew how to act now, and, to further his plans, determined to let his chums believe he had been gone a short time only. "Did you get the worm?" inquired Fenn. "What worm?" Frank retorted. "The one the early bird always gets."
My mind, under these new impressions, worked with unusual vivacity. I was here shut off with Fenn and his hireling in a deserted house, a neglected garden, and a wood of evergreens: the most eligible theatre for a deed of darkness.
Thence to the Crowne tavern behind the Exchange to meet with Cocke and Fenn and did so, and dined with them, and after dinner had the intent of our meeting, which was some private discourse with Fenn, telling him what I hear and think of his business, which he takes very kindly and says he will look about him.
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