CHAPTER XXXIX. JED LEARNS WHO HE IS.
Mr. Roper and Jed were having a very enjoyable time at Bar Harbor. They made trips, chiefly on foot, to the various interesting localities—Schooner Head, Great Head, Hull's Cove and The Ovens—being favored with unusually fine and clear weather. They had just returned at four o'clock in the afternoon from a trip to the summit of Green Mountain when they were informed at the hotel that a gentleman wished to see them.
Mr. Roper took the card and examined it.
"James Peake," he said. "I don't know of any such person. Do you, Jed?"
"No, sir," answered Jed.
"You may bring him up," said Roper, turning to the bell boy.
In less than a minute the latter reappeared, followed by a plain-looking man, who scanned both attentively as he entered, but devoted the most attention to Jed.
"Mr. Peake?" said Schuyler Roper interrogatively.