“You had better not go alone,” insisted the girl.
“We seldom travel alone,” said her brother. “Generally Roger, Phil, and I are together, and very often some of the other fellows are with us. But don’t you worry, Laura, and tell Jessie and her mother it will be all right.”
“And there is another thing to be careful about, Dave,” went on Laura, as she prepared to leave.
“What is that?”
“Be careful of how you treat Nat Poole.”
“Why, what do you mean?” cried Dave, and then he added quickly, as he saw that his sister had something on her mind: “What has happened now?” 9
“I don’t know exactly, Dave. But I got word through Ben Basswood’s cousin that Nat had told Ben he wasn’t going to let you ride over him this term. I think Nat is jealous because you were so successful in that trip to Cave Island.”
“Did you learn of anything Nat intended to do?” questioned Roger, curiously.
“No, excepting that he said he wasn’t going to play second fiddle to your crowd any longer. He tried to get into a quarrel with Ben, but Ben would have nothing to do with him.”
“Did Nat go back to the Hall when it opened?” asked Phil.