"Jefers-pelters! ain't he jest the greatest kid? But he's only a kid," added Mr. Dexter.
"Who has gone after them?" demanded Frank.
"Huh? What ye talkin' 'beout? You expect anybody could bring 'em back once they got free and foot-loose?"
"But isn't Mr. Day going on to be with them at the Border?"
"Jase? Great jumpin' bobcats! how you talk!"
"Why not?"
"I calculate Jase has got about all he can 'tend to financially lookin' out for them notes he indorsed for Tom Hotchkiss. Tom left him holdin' the bag, ye know—er—haw! haw! haw!"
"I see. No money to go with, eh?"
"That's it—if nothin' more," agreed Walky.
Frank said nothing to the town expressman about having lent Marty Day the money that the boy had evidently needed to pay his traveling expenses. Marty certainly could not be blamed. He had shown himself wiser regarding Janice and her intentions than the older folk. Marty may have handled the matter in a boyish way; but Frank Bowman did not feel like blaming his young friend.