"What does he mean?" thought Mark, uneasily. "Will he contest the will?"
It was perhaps an evidence of Mark's shrewdness that he had some doubts about the validity of the will under which his father inherited.
CHAPTER XIII
MR. MANNING'S NEW PLAN
Mark so represented his school difficulty to his father that he incurred but slight censure.
Indeed, Mr. Manning was so absorbed in plans for getting the greatest enjoyment out of the estate of which he had obtained possession by doubtful means that he didn't care to be disturbed about such a trifle as his son's suspension.
He felt more disposed to blame Frank, whom Mark charged with betraying him.
"What does Frank say about it?" asked Mr. Manning.