Part 25 (2/2)
”My folks have settled up that Pud Frodel affair for o”
”But they didn't settle up with Mrs Clever She indled out of so to send her that money to-day”
”Then you had better pay me, for I settled the account,” answered Dave
”But let us drop this talk for the present, Jasniff I want you to tell me all you know about ot to tell you anything if I don't want to”
”Yes, you have got to!” cried Dave A dangerous gleam came into his eyes ”Out with it at once Where is my father?”
”See here, Porter, I don't propose to be bullied I----”
”You answer my question, Nick Jasniff If you don't I'll call in an officer at once and have you placed under arrest”
”You can't do it”
”I can and will If I can't have you held on one charge I'll have you held on another I want the truth froht away”
Dave had followed Nick Jasniff to a , and faced the runaith such sternness and determination that the latter cowed before him
”I--er--that is, your father went north, last week”
”Where to?”
”He said he was going to Christiania, Norway”
”Christiania, Norway?” repeated Dave He knew there was such a place, but that was all ”What for?”
”Oh, he was interested in an expedition that was going to the upper interior--some kind of a scientific expedition, I think He was full of it--said they hoped to make all kinds of discoveries”
”Whose expedition was it?”
”It was gotten up by two men named Lapham and Hauserer ”There was an account of it in this 's _Times_”
”When was it to start?” asked Dave, anxiously
”I don't know”
”Do you know, Jasniff?”