"Fixed it all up A 1," replied Tommy.
A heavy ringing was now heard at the surgery bell, and Miss Minks, proceeding from the lower regions, answered it.
Mr. Garretson, accompanied by the policeman and followed by an indignant crowd, appeared on the steps.
"What is your pleasure, gentlemen?" she asked.
"Where's Dr. Slasher?" asked the young man.
"In his surgery, where he will be pleased to see you, if you will step in," she replied.
"I will do so," returned Mr. Garretson.
The policeman kept back the surging crowd, and the young man in search of a father entered the doctor's surgery, where he was apparently calmly reading, the boys being engaged in compounding various medicines, and working away as if their lives depended upon their exertions.
CHAPTER XV.
A HASTY TRIP.