"That is all you need tell me. I understand it all. I will go to my room and secure my luggage, and then bid you good-bye."
"I will wait for you."
"I owe you another debt, Dean Dunham!" said Kirby, as he left the house with the pleasant prospect of a sleepless night.
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE LONELY CABIN.
Dean had left the breakfast-table the next morning, and was considering what would be the next stage of his journey when Dr. Thorp was announced.
"Mr. Dunham," he said, "I have come to thank you for your warning of last evening."
"I hope it was of service to you, sir."
"It was of essential service. Your old acquaintance had planned to rob me of a sum of money and a quantity of government bonds, but being on my guard I was able to frustrate his designs."