"Generally, when a lawyer sends for you, it means trouble," guessed Dalzell.
"Or else some relative has died and left you a lot of money," added Harry Hazelton.
"Well, in any case," replied Dick, "we six fellows haven't the same relative, anywhere, and Fred said his father wanted to see all of us."
"We haven't been doing anything—nothing wrong, anyway," declared Dan virtuously.
"We won't know the answer until we've seen Mr. Ripley," declared Dick. "We'll have to go around there after dinner to-day."
"Why not go now?" proposed Tom Reade. "We haven't anything special to do with our time."
"You fellows haven't much imagination, have you?" laughed Dave, his eyes twinkling mysteriously.
"Have you guessed?" demanded Dick Prescott.
"Well, it's only a guess, of course, and it may be a wild one."
"Out with it!" ordered Tom Reade sharply.