"No; I had forgotten the date."
"Well, this was the day. Justice Lee, if you remember, bound them over to answer at court."
"Yes; I remember that."
"Well, neither of them showed up, and so the court declared forfeited the cash bail that Dexter put up for the pair."
"The money ought to be worth more to the county than both men put together," laughed Dick.
"I guess that's the way the court looked at it."
"I hope Dexter and Driggs are both a mighty long way from Gridley, and that they will stay. Mrs. Dexter isn't having any bother at all, these days, is she?"
"You ought to be the one to know that," teased Dave. "You're the one she sends for whenever she takes it into her head that she wants to reward us for some jolly good fun that we had in helping her."
"I had a note from Mrs. Dexter a few days ago," Dick went on. "Maybe I forgot to tell you about it. She wanted me to call on her, and I wrote back that I was awfully sorry but that my evenings just then had to be put in getting ready for the monthly exams. I haven't heard a word from her since then."
"She's a fine woman," nodded Dave, "but she certainly has the reward habit in bad shape."