The doctor was gone for the night.
After awhile Tommy said he must go and see his mother, and be out of the country before daylight.
He started for the house, but never reached it in safety. Spies were lying in wait to grab him, and he was in handcuffs when his mother saw him. I wonder if she thought of Master's prophetic words of long ago.
I guess it is about so. Cruel children make cruel men, and if the former are allowed to be cold-blooded and murderous in their little world, the latter will likely be in their greater one.
Teach humanity to children is the advice of Dandy.
Tommy was put in jail, Burr said, to await trial, but somehow broke out and escaped.
Where he is now, I don't know, but some think his mother does. She was quite broken down with grief and shame after that dreadful event, and Dr. Fred was bitter against her because she had been so blind and indulgent.
"I am always so driven with business," he said, "but you have plenty of hired help, and nothing to do but to look after the children."
I think the family felt the disgrace keenly, and I know that Dr. Fred looked ten years older when Master came home than when he went away.
Then there arose another trouble. Bobby was keeping company with a man of whom her father did not approve.