“Come, Ned!” exclaimed the girl, anxiously, shaking him by the sleeve. “Let Nat take Tavia to Aunt Winnie, and you come to court with me. Maybe we can help the poor old man. A Grand Army man, Ned!”
Ned White knew that there was no stopping his cousin when she had “taken the bit in her teeth.” And here was a case where she was greatly moved.
Nobody could gain Dorothy Dale’s sympathy like a Grand Army man. Ned merely shrugged his shoulders and went with her, while Nat and Tavia started in the other direction.
“Remember we go on the one o’clock train,” shouted Nat after them.
Dorothy and her cousin quickly caught up with the railroad police and their captive.
“Oh, please, sir!” cried Dorothy, to one of the officers, who had a very kind face, “where are you taking him?”
“Hello, Miss!” exclaimed the policeman, taking off his hat. “Are you interested in this old chap?”
Dorothy told him why, and how. “Oh!” said the railroad man, “I didn’t know but you knew him. He’s got to go to court, anyway.”
“Right away?” asked the girl, breathlessly.
“That’s where we are taking him, Miss,” said the other officer.