“And on horseback!” put in his twin. “Say, we’ll have the best times ever!”
“I certainly hope so,” returned Dick Rover. “At the same time, I want to caution you.”
“Don’t scare the boys into fits, Dick,” said Tom. “You’ll spoil the whole outing if you do.”
“I’m not going to scare them into fits, Tom,” answered the older brother. “But I am going to give them some advice that I think they ought to have.”
“I think so too,” came from Sam Rover. “If any fellow ever got on my nerves, it’s that rascal, Carson Davenport.”
CHAPTER XIII
A NEW ACQUAINTANCE
The mention of Carson Davenport’s name made all the boys look serious.
“Has that fellow made another demand?” questioned Jack quickly.
“Not directly,” answered his father. “But I have heard in an indirect way, through a detective working for one of the local agencies, that he is watching us very carefully. He has been seen in the vicinity of our offices several times, and you have seen him twice in the vicinity of Colby Hall and Clearwater Hall. That’s enough for me to realize that the scoundrel means business.”