delay. After sending the letter he talked the matter over with Roger.
"You can't imagine how impatient I am to meet my father and sister," he said. "Why, some days I get so I can hardly fasten my mind on my studies, and I go in for fun just to help me forget what is on my mind."
"I can appreciate your feelings, Dave," answered his chum, kindly. "I'd feel the same way if my folks were missing. If you go to London, do you know I'd like first-rate to go with you."
"I'd like very much to have you, Roger. But how could you get away?"
"Oh, I think I could manage that. My mother thinks I am pushing ahead almost too fast in my studies—the doctor said I was growing too fast and studying too much at the same time. I think she'd be willing for me to take the trip,—and what she says, father always agrees to."
"Where are your folks—in Washington?"
"Yes, they stay at a hotel there during the time Congress is in session."
"Well, I will have to see what my uncle says before I make any move," said Dave; and there the talk came to an end.
Gus Plum had written to the men to whom he owed his gambling debt, and they agreed to meet him at the Oakdale depot on Saturday afternoon
