“Will you get word to them, Mr. Tucker?” asked Philip, turning to him.
“I hain’t got time,” answered Mr. Tucker, who feared that the Dunbars would come for Philip and release him in the course of the evening.
Philip was nonplused. Always considerate of the feelings of others, he was unwilling that his friends should suffer anxiety on his account.
As Mr. Tucker and Squire Pope walked away together, our hero turned to Zeke.
“I suppose it’s no use to ask you to do me a favor, Zeke?” he said.
“Do you want me to tell Frank Dunbar where you are?”
“Yes, I wish you would.”
“Then I’ll do it.”
“You’re a better fellow than I thought you were, Zeke,” said Philip, surprised.
“No, I ain’t! Do you want to know why I’m willin’ to go?”