"No, Dick. I have given Mr. Tubbs notice that I must leave him."
"Are you going back to school?"
"No; I am offered employment by Mr. Nugent."
Richard looked puzzled.
"What does he want with a boy?"
"I am going to travel for him on business. You mustn't ask particulars, for the business is private."
"All right. Then I will accept; but I have told Mr. Tubbs he must pay me four dollars."
"What did he say?"
"He talked for an hour, but my father backed me up, and he will have to pay it."
Mrs. Lane and Abel made various attempts to draw from Gerald the name of the place to which he was going, but he steadfastly refused to tell.