"Hello, Hamlin!" he said, roughly, to Dick. "Is your father at home?"
"Yes, sir."
"I have something to say to him. I think I will call round."
"You will find him at home, sir."
"Dick," said Frank, when the agent had passed on, "do you mind going back? What you tell me makes me rather curious about Mr. Fairfield. At your house I may get a chance to see something of him."
"Let us go back, then," said Dick; "but I don't think, Frank, that you will care much about keeping up the acquaintance."
"Perhaps not; but I shall gratify my curiosity."
The two boys turned and followed the agent closely. They reached the house about five minutes after Mr. Fairfield.