“Huh,” grunted Bob, contemptuously.
Frank, however, showed anxiety.
“That’s all right, Bob,” he commented. “But Captain Folsom wouldn’t have given Jack that warning if there were no grounds for it. Look here, Jack,” he added, “Uncle George won’t be home to-night. Have you heard from your father?”
“The housekeeper received a message while I slept that he wouldn’t be out for several days,” Jack replied.
“Well,” said Frank, “I believe it would be a good plan for you to sleep at our house. At any rate 178 until your father returns home. You can bunk in with me. I’ve got a big bed. Then, if anything happens at night, we’ll all be together.”
“All right, I’ll do that,” Jack agreed. “Not that I expect anything will occur. But, as you say, if there is trouble, it is best to be together. Well, now let’s join the girls. We’ve still got some daylight left, and we might make up doubles for tennis.”