"Yes. At first I thought I must be stiflin', but——"
"If you want to wake a person 'thout speakin', you press on their chist. Hit always fetches 'em. Don't you know me yet?"
Ralph murmured a low negative.
"Well, then, I'll tell you I'm——"
A sound of feet striking the floor heavily was heard from one of the other rooms, and was followed by the voice of Mr. Dopples, calling out:
"Tildy! Oh, Tildy! Where be ye, Tildy?"
CHAPTER III.
Ralph Continues His Journey.
The form at Ralph's bedside grasped his hand again in a warning pressure.