“You shall go whenever you like.”
Dick was delighted by this arrangement.
“Thank you, Frank!” he exclaimed. “Thank you! thank you! Now, if I could only have Felicia——”
“Perhaps you may.”
Dick’s eyes sparkled.
“How can that be possible?” he asked. “She is far away.”
“But her father must understand that the time has come when she should attend school somewhere. Her mother is dead, and can teach her no longer. Mr. Delores may instruct her in Spanish, but she should have a different tutor. I hope to induce her father to bring her East and put her into school.”
“Ugh!” grunted Crowfoot. “Him no do it. Him have heap many enemy. Him stay where him be.”
“We shall see,” said Merry. “I am glad you are here, Dick, for we have missed you on the nine.”
“Missed me?” said the boy, his eyes dancing. “Why, you do not really need me on the nine. You simply played me in order that I might get experience and practise.”