And away he went, like a pair of compasses going mad.
It was not thought strange in the Webster family that Philip Berkeley, being left alone in the great house where he lived, should want one of his boy friends to stay with him for a time during his uncle’s absence; and, as Chap was not particularly needed at home, permission was given him to go and visit Philip for a few days.
The strictest injunctions, however, were laid upon him to behave himself in as quiet and orderly a way as if Mr. Godfrey Berkeley were at home.
“Orderly?” said Chap to himself, as he put a few clothes into a very large valise. “I should think so! Why, I’m going there to establish order!”
CHAPTER IX.
CHAP’S IRON HEEL.
When Chap entered Hyson Hall that afternoon, with his big valise, he met the housekeeper at the door.
“How do you do, Susan?” he said, with his most radiant expression of countenance.
Susan nodded as she looked, in surprise, at the valise.
“What have you got in that?” she asked.