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"Doctor Hinman here is a physician," I said, bringing him forward. "If he can be of any service...." Goldberger glanced at him, and was plainly favorably impressed by Hinman's dark, eager face, and air of intelligence and self-control. "I shall be very glad of Dr. Hinman's help," said Goldberger, shaking hands with him. "Have you examined the body, sir?" "Only very casually," answered Hinman.
"That wretch has all of Mr. Hinman's money in his pockets." "He'll give it up, then," guessed Reade. "Come back here, you men!" roared the boss tramp, finding that all his fellows had fled. "Call 'em all you want," mocked Reade. "They won't come back. They're too wise for that."
"I'll never forget the younger Hinman's disgusted look when he tried to drive the outfit from our camp, the other morning, with his saddle mount tied behind and balking on the halter," grinned Darry. "I wonder why such fellows as Timothy Hinman were ever created," Tom went on. "Every time I think about the gentlemanly Timmy I feel as though I wanted to kick something."
Moreover, though Dick could not guess it, he and his friends were soon to be mixed up in the tragic side of Peddler Hinman's life. Camp was made at half-past four that afternoon, nineteen miles having been covered. The tent was pitched in a bit of woods, not far from the road, permission from the owner having been secured.
The best account of the Blue Laws is by J.H. Trumbull, The True Blue Laws of Connecticut and New Haven, and the False Blue Laws invented by the Rev. Samuel Peters, etc., Hartford, 1876. See also Hinman's Blue Laws of New Haven Colony, Hartford, 1838; Barber's History and Antiquities of New Haven, 1831; Peters's History of Connecticut, London, 1781. Hist. Coll., 4th series, vol. viii.
"Are we going to get any breakfast to-day?" asked the tramp known as Joe. "Yes," nodded Dick, choking back the temptation to say something caustic. By nine o'clock the meal had been eaten. The stove now made the tent so hot that Mr. Hinman's cot had to be moved to the farther end and the tent flaps thrown open to admit cooler air.
"We didn't do it," replied the boss tramp, "and the old man says we didn't." "No; no man struck me -I fell," chimed in the peddler weakly. "We'll help you take care of the old man," offered the boss tramp. "If you mean what you say," Prescott proposed, "then take one of these lanterns and go down by the road to see what you can find out about Mr. Hinman's horse and wagon.
I'll give him a hypodermic injection in the arm, then wait for him to become quiet. After that we'll move him to the tonneau of my car and I'll take him to the hospital. I telephoned Hinman's son, over at Fenton, telling him where his father and his wagon are. The son ought to come over and take charge of the outfit." It was three quarters of an hour later when Dr.
"You've simply done what any upright, humane, decent people would have done for a stricken old man, and you've done it well. But by contrast you noticed the younger Hinman's conduct. He is not worried that his father is ill, but hopes that the old man will soon be back at his work.
Toward two o'clock in the morning Dick found Reuben Hinman's skin becoming decidedly feverish, and began to administer nitre. "I'd mount our horse, and try to ride for a doctor, if I thought I could get one," murmured Greg. "You couldn't get one here to-night," volunteered the boss tramp, who had awakened and had risen on one elbow.
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