"You needn't hurry. Zack isn't home just now, so he doesn't need the suit."
The clothes were found, and Sam slipped into a bedchamber of the cottage and made the change. Then, after thanking Jennie once more for her kindness, the youngest Rover set off for Oak Run as fast as he could.
A train was just coming into the depot and the first person to hop off was Fred Garrison.
"Hullo, I thought you'd meet me!" sang out Fred. "How are you?"
"Pretty well, considering," answered Sam, with a quiet smile. "But I've had a whole lot of happenings since I drove down to the depot."
"What's the matter, horse run away?"
"No, I met Lew Flapp."
"Nonsense! Why, what is he doing around here?"
"I give it up, Fred. But he was here and we have had a lively time of it," answered Sam, and told his story.
"Well, I'll be jiggered! What do you propose to do next?"