CHAPTER II
AN OLD ENEMY TURNS UP
Startled and frightened by Bessie's cry, Eleanor jumped up and followed her to the window.
"Well," said Eleanor, "I never saw him before, but I can't say I'm sorry for that. He looks mean enough to do all the things you've told us about him, Bessie."
"Who is this Hoover? One of the people Bessie lived with, in Hedgeville?" asked Jamieson.
"Yes; he's the son of the old farmer and his wife."
"H'm!" said the lawyer. "Then evidently he knows where she has come. That looks bad."
"Yes. You see, he was always his mother's pet," said Eleanor, "and I suppose he'll tell her all about the girls."
"Let him! I guess it can't do any harm. I don't see how it can now, anyhow, unless he's in with this Weeks or someone we don't know anything about, who has some interest in this affair. That's one of the things that's going to give me trouble, I'm afraid."