"You had better keep that animal in your stable until the livery man from Knoxbury calls for him," answered Dr. Wallington.
"He'll have to pay me for doing it," was Mr. Bray's reply. "Every time I go to Knoxbury, Hoover charges me an outrageous price for putting up at his stable, and now I can get even with him," and he chuckled over the thought.
CHAPTER VI
AT THE SANDERSON HOME
It was just about supper time when Sam, accompanied by Spud, drove into the lane beside the Sanderson farmhouse, which was lit up from end to end.
Evidently Minnie Sanderson, the pretty daughter of the farmer, had been on the watch, for as they approached the house she came out on a side piazza to meet them.
"Why, Songbird! what kept you so long?" she cried, and then added: "Who's that with you?"
"It isn't Songbird, Minnie," answered Sam, after he sprang out of the cutter, followed by Spud. "We've got some news for you."