"I hope I shall not have my walk for nothing," he said to himself.
But luck was in his favor. Walking at random he all at once heard a boy's whistle. He quickened his steps, and almost directly, to his great delight, he recognized, sauntering along, the very lad he had taken out in the boat in the morning.
"Hallo, there!" he cried.
The boy turned quickly.
"Oh, it's you, is it?"
"Yes."
"I thought you were to meet me to-morrow morning."
"So I was, but I did not dare to wait. I think Bowman will get the bonds to-morrow, and make a bolt of it."
"Then what do you propose to do?"
"I want you to get the package for me to-day."