Ezra looked undecided.
At this point his wife intervened.
"You had better take Loammi, Ezra," she said. "It will be a pleasure to him, and if you are sick he can take care of you."
"Well, Loammi," said his father, with unwonted good humor, "I think I will let you go. But you must be ready at six o'clock this evening."
"I'll be ready, pa, never fear."
CHAPTER XXXI. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING.
Loammi and his father arrived late in the evening at Niagara, and put up at the International Hotel. Had they looked back in the book of arrivals they would have seen the name of Scott Walton, but they failed to do so.