"All right, on the whole," answered the boy. "But I've had some strange adventures since I parted with you."
"Tell me about them."
The two sat down and Dick Marden listened with deep interest to all Robert had to relate.
"That Frederic Vernon is a bad one--a regular snake in the grass," he declared. "You want to beware of him."
"I intend to keep my eyes open."
"And you want to watch that Remington, too. Now Mrs. Vernon is back to Chicago the pair may try to do her further injury."
"But Remington says he doesn't know where Vernon is."
"Never mind, rogues always manage to get together again, no matter how they become separated, and they soon patch up their differences if there is any booty in sight. Do you know what I think that lady ought to do?"
"What?"
"Employ a detective as a sort of bodyguard. Then if that nephew and the doctor try any underhanded work the detective can catch them red-handed."