Nicholas Bundy thanked the old man for his information, and ordered glasses of lemonade for himself and Oliver.
"Won't you have something stronger, Mr. Bundy?" asked the barkeeper insinuatingly.
Bundy shook his head.
"I've given up liquor," he said. "I'm better off without it, and so will the boy be. What do you say, Oliver?"
"I agree with you, sir," said Oliver promptly.
"Lucky for me all don't think so," said Spratt. "It 'ould ruin my business."
When they left the bar-room Nicholas Bundy turned to his young companion.
"Oliver," he said, "will you go with me to Chicago?"
"I shall be glad to go," said Oliver promptly.
"Then we will start in two or three days, as soon as I have made some business arrangements."