“As I will let you?” Agnes’s blue eyes opened wide.
“As you will let me; I repeat it. Good night, good night, little girl. Run home quickly. I shall stand here and wait till I know you must be safe.”
Agnes ran up the steep path, and having gained the top of the hill she looked back. He was still there. He waved his hand to her, and then she disappeared over the brow of the hill.
CHAPTER XIII
PLOTTING
It was two days after that Dod Hunter appeared at the clearing. Agnes was busy outside the house at the hominy block; it took a deal of hominy these days to satisfy so large a family.
“Park Willett here?” asked Dod, abruptly.
“No, he is not.” Agnes paused in her work and came forward.
“Humph!” ejaculated Uncle Dod. He looked at her sharply and appeared to be considering something.
“Isn’t he at your house?” Agnes asked anxiously. Dod shook his head.