“Well, I see who it is now,” he responded.
“Where is Phil Gray?” inquired Zeke, chuckling again.
“Do you want to see him?” asked Frank, rather surprised.
“Oh, no! I shall see him soon enough.”
And again Zeke chuckled.
Frank looked up.
He was expecting Philip to join him, and was, in fact, waiting for him now. Zeke’s mysterious merriment suggested that he might have met Philip—possibly bore some message from him.
“Do you know anything about Phil?” asked Frank, looking fixedly at his visitor.
“I reckon I do. I know all about him,” said Zeke, with evident enjoyment.
“Well. If you have any message from him, let me hear it.”