“I'm sure I don't know. I suppose he expects to, or he would not have traveled so far in search of him.”
“Shall you be glad to see him back, Mrs. Estabrook?”
“Of course! What makes you doubt it?” demanded the housekeeper, sharply.
“I thought you didn't like Herbert.”
“I wasn't always petting him. It isn't in my way to pet boys.”
“Do you often hear from Willis Ford?”
“That is my business,” answered Mrs. Estabrook, sharply. “Why do you ask?”
“I was wondering whether he knew that Herbert had been abducted.”
“That is more than we know. Very likely the boy ran away.”
Grant called on the cashier at his private residence, confided to him his plan, and obtained a sum of money for traveling expenses. He left the Grand Central Depot by the evening train, and by morning was well on his way to Chicago.