“I’m not going back, for we’ll meet somebody on the way to the academy.”
“Then I tell you what, you just go straight to the wharf, and I’ll be along as soon as I can get that rifle. Will you do that? Will you go to the wharf and wait for me there?”
“Yes.”
There was something about Don’s manner of saying this that made Leon suspicious, and he quickly demanded:
“Do you mean it? Will you really wait for me at the wharf?”
Instantly the dark-eyed lad blazed forth:
“What do you take me for? Do you think I’m a liar, same as all the others think? Didn’t I say I’d be there?”
“Yes, but I——”
“Well, get your old rifle and come along! Hurry up about it, too!”
“All right,” breathed Leon, hastily. “I’ll hustle, you bet.”