"Please ask your aunt if I may see Mr. Dunham," said the squire. "I will tie the horse."
Dean went in and proffered the request, adding, "Squire Bates has just returned from Rockmount, where he had an interview with the man who gave uncle the money. He says it was all in fifty-dollar bills."
"I don't know," said Mrs. Dunham, doubtfully. "Perhaps it may be as well to let the squire go in. We ought to be doin' somethin' to catch the thief, and the squire's a lawyer."
So it happened that without notification to Dunham she entered the sick room followed by the squire.
"Adin, I've brought Squire Bates to see you," she said soothingly.
Instantly Dunham became excited and manifested alarm.
"Take him away!" he cried, apparently warding off an attack with his hands. "He is the man that robbed me!"
The squire was prepared for this, and he had decided what to do.
"What!" he exclaimed in a tone of concern, "is poor Dunham's mind affected?"