"We shouldn't lock the doors unless it was to give him the impression that there was no one at home, which would be a falsehood."
The expression on Jack's face told that he failed to understand either the argument or the spirit which prompted it, and for several moments no word was spoken.
Then, as a happy thought occurred to him, the boy said eagerly,—
"I'll tell you how it could be done without any lie at all, an' everything would go along as slick as grease."
"How?" Aunt Nancy asked quickly, as a look of relief passed over her face.
"I'll watch up the road a piece till I see the team comin'. Then I'll run back here, get Louis, an' carry him off somewhere."
"Well?" the little woman asked as he paused.
"Why, can't you see how easy it'll be then? You'll only have to tell him you don't know where we are, an' he'll be bound to leave."
"But, Jack dear, I should know where you were."
"How do you make that out?"