Part 8 (2/2)
”Oh, Dave, aren't you afraid he will make you a lot of trouble?” cried Jessie, and her face showed her deep concern
”I never was afraid of Link Merwell, and I don't believe I ever shall be,” returned Dave, quickly ”At heart I think that fellow is a big coward”
”Yes, but you must be careful,” warned his sister ”Even cowards kno to strike in the dark, and that would be Link Merwell's way of attacking you”
”I don't kno he is going to hurt Dave when he is away off in Boston,” was Ben's coo to work and earn his living Probably his father is sick of putting up ,” said Dave ”He is still responsible for his part in that jewelry robbery If the authorities get hold of him, they will certainly send him to prison So far as that affair is concerned, he was no better than Jasniff”
”Whatto connect-up with me,” burst out Nat
”I've told him twice now that I was done with hi to answer this letter, Nat?” questioned Ben
”No I was going to tear it up, the saot 'Boston' for an address, anyway”
”It see for you to write to Link and tell him exactly what you think of him,” said Dave ”Tell hiet any more letters Perhaps that will settle him Send the letter to the General Delivery”
”That's what I was going to ask you about, Dave I don't want to have that fellow botheringto turn over a new leaf” And now for once in his life, Nat Poole looked Dave and then Ben squarely in the face
”Then, by all means, write to him and tell him exactly where you stand,”
went on our hero ”Make the letter good and strong, Nat, so that there won't be any mistake about it”
”I'll do it,” answered the money-lender's son And then after a feords more, he replaced the letter in his pocket and drove on, and Dave and his party resumed their automobile trip
”That certainly is neas Ben's coht from what you said, Dave, he ht His escape rudge him his life, but I don't want him to bother Dave any more,” said Laura ”He is such a wicked fellow”
”Dave, didn't you say, after you ca?” asked Jessie
”Yes, he did talk that way He was very huone into the robbery with Jasniff But I guess now that whatto prison As soon as he got away, his ideas changed”
”I hope he doesn't cohed Laura
”Oh, please don't think of such a dreadful thing!” cried Jessie ”If he is in Boston, I hope he stays there” But this as not to be fulfilled, as we shall see later
The ride along the river road and over the hills beyond wasfolks, and it was after dark when they returned to Crumville All told, Jessie et the fact that the youth had rescued Della Ford fro lady and the ed
”I don't know much about the picture company,” Dave had answered ”I think there were about a dozen people in it, including Miss Ford's aunt and the young fellow and the fat man we picked up”
”But you said you would call on her in Boston; didn't you?” queried Jessie
”I said I ht call if I was in the city,” Dave replied