“For goodness’ sake, tell us about that chase,” interrupted Aleck. “Must have had an exciting time, all right.”
Jack Lyons quickly gratified his curiosity, and both listeners smiled broadly at the recital.
“Those school chaps are still having lively times, aren’t they?” said George. “Mighty glad the Ripleys won out. I certainly should like to know where the other crowd landed Uncle Dan.”
“Maybe ‘Pouf’ wasn’t wild,” said Joe; “ha, ha!”
The rich boy soon completed his tale, and many “oh’s” and “ah’s” escaped from the lips of his deeply interested listeners.
“Yes, we saw the two Bill Hollbacks—father and son,” laughed Jack. “Great fellows, eh?”
Then, in a few words, he told how the “Gray Gull” had been visited by the authorities in response to a telegram sent by Colonel Ellison.
“And I know well enough that it was watched all night,” he went on, with a laugh. “But Bill Hollback Junior managed to tell us your plans—a regular brick—that fellow. So you slept in a deserted house, eh?”
“Yes, we did,” and Aleck rubbed the back of his head, reflectively.
Redfern again tried to induce his former pupil to return home.