"No wonder I haven't received any reply then!" burst out Ralph. "Did you ever hear of anything so mean?" he added, turning to his rich friend.
"Your duty at present is plain, Ralph," replied the insurance agent, pointedly. "The best you can do is to take the first train home."
"You are right."
"There is no telling, if this Squire Paget is so villainous, what he may not try to do."
"You think he will not wait?"
"It is not likely. He has shown a great haste in the whole matter."
"No. Don't wait. Go home and have him locked up," put in Martin Thomas. "I will appear against him, if you wish it."
He was willing now to do anything to save himself from a long term in prison.
"I will go home," said Ralph. "I will not lose another minute."
"Shall I go along?" asked Horace Kelsey. "You may need some one to help you in your fight against so influential a man as Squire Paget."