"You won't regret it. Denver is growing rapidly. I predict that the lots will double in your hands in a year."
Dean took a walk round the embryo city with the agent, and made a purchase of ten lots on Lawrence street, in accordance with his judgment.
"Now," said the agent, smiling, "I shall be sure to see you out here again."
CHAPTER XXXV.
AFFAIRS IN WATERFORD.
Leaving Dean in Denver, let us go back to Waterford, and see how matters stood in that quiet little village.
With Adin Dunham they did not go well. He had an attack of rheumatism during the winter which hindered him from working for several weeks, and so abridged his earnings. Both he and his wife missed Dean, whose lively and cheerful temperament enlivened the house. They were troubled too because months had passed since they had heard from him.
"I don't know what has happened to Dean," said Adin one Saturday evening, when he sat beside the kitchen fire with his wife. "Seems to me he'd write if he was in good health. I am afeared something has gone wrong with the boy."