"Well, pop!" exclaimed Doc Linyard, as he stepped up.
"Hello, my boy! Back again," returned the older man. "Did you find 'em?" he added, in an anxious tone.
"No."
The old man shook his head ominously.
"Too bad, too bad," he murmured.
But he was evidently too old to take a very strong interest in the matter.
"Never mind, it will all come outright in the end," was the son's reassuring reply. "Where is Betty?"
"In the kitchen."
"This is my father," went on Doc Linyard to Richard. "Pop, here is a chum as I picked up on the road. His name is Mr. Dare, and he saved my life."
"Saved your life?" queried the old man doubtfully.