She seemed at a loss for a reply.
“Surely you know this part of the town is not safe for you to be in after dark without an escort?” he said.
“My mother’s yacht is down there,” she murmured. “I didn’t know but what I might find Chester on——”
“He has not appeared at the academy to-day, June.”
“I know it. He told me he was not going back there to-day.”
“Then you saw him?”
“Yes. He came to the house near noon. I was surprised to see him. Oh, Dick, I am afraid it is no use. I am afraid Chester may as well leave Fardale.”
“Perhaps it would be better for him,” Dick admitted.
“But father should know—father should take him in hand. If he goes away of his own accord, as he has threatened, there is no telling what he may do.”
“You fear that he is contemplating something of the kind?”