CHAPTER IV
IN WHICH DICK STARTS OFF
Mr. Hamilton came home early that afternoon, bringing Mr. Larabee, his brother-in-law, with him. Dick was anxiously awaiting their arrival.
"Is that fierce beast in the house?" demanded the boy's uncle, as he stood on the front steps. "If he is I'll not come in."
"I've sent him to the stable, uncle," replied the young millionaire.
"That's the proper place for him. Dogs are no good. They eat as much as a man, and what you spend on keeping them would provide for a heathen child in Africa."
Dick wondered if Uncle Ezra provided for any heathen children, from his wealth, but did not think it wise to ask.
"Well, Dick," said Mr. Hamilton, when they were all three in the library, "your uncle thinks it would be a good plan for me to leave you with him, while I'm away."
"Yes?" remarked Dick, his heart beating faster than usual.
"It's the only sensible plan," said Uncle Ezra
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