"Come, we'll have to put you down now," said Owen to the little ones, and helped them to alight, without paying attention to the newcomer.
"I say, what do you mean by putting those children on your dirty wagon?" went on the Englishman wrathfully.
"They wanted a ride and we gave it to them," answered Dale.
"Well, don't you do it again." The man turned to the little ones. "Run to the house now. Your mamma is looking all over for you."
"You are very civil, I must say," said Owen dryly, and then he drove off, with Dale beside him, leaving the Englishman gazing after them with a countenance that was more wrathy than ever.
CHAPTER XV
TWO LITTLE RUNAWAYS
"That fellow must be Jasper Nown, the caretaker here," remarked Dale, after they had driven out of hearing of the man who had come after the Wilbur children.
"I guess you're right," returned Owen. He drew a long breath. "I wouldn't have him around me five minutes," he added.