"He has probably fallen in with some bad associate who has enticed him away."
"But who, Miss Reynolds? Was any other boy absent?"
"Now I think of it, Daniel Crawson was away both on Tuesday and to-day; but he plays truant so often I never thought of Jimmy in connection with him."
"Oh, I hope not! he is a profane, wicked boy, and his father is—"
"Oh, Miss Reynolds, the pond! What if Jimmy has gone out in Mr. Crawson's boat! What shall I do? I must send at once."
[CHAPTER VI.]
THE SENSELESS BOY.
MRS. DODGE left the room in great distress, and at the same moment the Doctor's old buggy drove into the yard.
Mr. Dodge was leading his horse to the trough in the yard and came hurrying forward to ascertain the Doctor's errand.
"What! Why!" he cried in sudden alarm. "Who have you there? Not our Jimmy!"