Part 2 (2/2)
”She mentioned him once. She said that she had dreamed of him and of you, Nick.”
”Me? And what was the dream?”
”Oh--it was only a silly affair, d.i.c.k, not worth mentioning.”
”But I would like to know what it was.”
”Well, then, she dreamed that both of you were in a big forest and he was about to attack you with a gun or a club, she couldn't tell which. She awoke screaming and I ran to her side, and that is how she told me of the dream.”
CHAPTER III
AN OLD ENEMY TURNS UP
”That was certainly an odd dream,” said d.i.c.k, after a short pause.
”I am sure I never want to meet Josiah Crabtree under such circ.u.mstances.”
”It was silly, d.i.c.k--I'd forget it if I was you.”
”And she never mentioned the man at any other time?”
”No. But I am certain she is glad he has left for parts unknown.
I never, never, want to see him again,” and the girl s.h.i.+vered.
”Don't be alarmed, Dora; I don't think he will dare to show himself,” answered d.i.c.k, and on the sly gave her hand a tight squeeze. They were warmer friends than ever since d.i.c.k had rescued her from those who had abducted her.
The kite-flying was now in ”full blast,” as Sam expressed it, and the boys had all they could do to keep the various lines from becoming tangled up. His own kite and Fred's were side by side and for a long time it looked as if neither would mount above the other.
”Run her up, Fred! You can win if you try!” cried several of the cadets.
”Play out a bit more, Sam; you haven't given your kite all the slack she wants,” said others. So the talk ran on, while each contestant did the best to make his kite mount higher. In the meantime the wind kept increasing in violence, making each kite pull harder than ever.
”It's a dandy for flying,” panted Tom, who was holding his kite with all the strength he possessed. ”Something must give way soon,” and something did give way. It was the string he was holding, and as it snapped he went over on his back in such a comical fas.h.i.+on that all, even to the girls, had to laugh.
”Torn! Tom! What a sight!” burst out Nellie Laning. ”You should have brought a stronger cord.”
”If I had I'd a-gone up in the clouds,” answered Tom ruefully.
”That's the last of that kite, I suppose; if I--”
”The string has caught on Sam's kite!” interrupted Grace Laning.
”Oh, my! See both of them going up!”
”Now you can win, Sam!” laughed Dora. ”Fred, your flying is nowhere now.”
”He didn't calculate to fly one kite against two,” answered Fred.
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