“But it won’t take long, and I surmise you have no important business to keep you from going.”
The next day, however, Mr. Cunningham was provided with an excuse. He received a letter from England informing him that an uncle, his mother’s brother, was dying, and wished to see him.
“Are you ready to go back to England with me at once, Bernard?” he said.
“I shall be glad to do so.”
“Then pack your luggage, and we will go.”
In London Bernard received a letter from America that interested him.
CHAPTER XXXIV. NAT BARCLAY’S LETTER.
The day after Bernard reached London he received at his old address a letter bearing the familiar postmark of Doncaster. It will be remembered that it was at Doncaster our story opened, and it was there that the boarding-school of Professor Ezekiel Snowdon was located. Bernard’s face lighted up with pleasure, for in the superscription he recognized the handwriting of his friend Nat Barclay.