“I'll walk with you, if I may,” said Samuel. “It's really very important.”
“All right,” responded the doctor in some trepidation.
“I thought of this in the middle of the night,” explained the boy, when they had started down the street. “It kept me awake for hours. Dr. Vince, I think we ought to convert Master Albert Lockman!”
“Convert him?” echoed the other perplexed.
“Yes, sir,” said the boy. “He is leading a wild life, and he's in a very bad way.”
“Yes, Samuel,” said the clergyman. “It is terrible, I know—”
“We must labor with him!” exclaimed Samuel. “He must not be allowed to go on like that!”
“Unfortunately,” said Dr. Vince hastily, “it wouldn't do for me to try it. You see, the Lockmans have always been Presbyterians, and so Bertie is under Dr. Handy's care.”
“But is Dr. Handy doing anything about it?” persisted the other.
“I really don't know, Samuel.”