"No, Laura. Oh, it's all right. I'll be at the International on time,"
said Dave, and then he hurried over the bridge and down a side street of
the city, in company with Tom Shocker.
The note Dave had received was written in a cramped hand and ran as
follows:
"DEAR DAVE:--You will be surprised to receive this, but I saw you
in town to-day and noted the number of your carriage. I am in deep
trouble and would like you to come and see me in private, if only
for five or ten minutes. You can aid me a great deal. Please don't
tell any of the others of your party. The man who brings this to
you will take you to me. Please, _please_ don't disappoint me.
"Yours truly,
"ANDREW DALE."
Andrew Dale was the first assistant teacher at Oak Hall, and an
instructor who had made himself very dear to Dave and some of the other
boys. He had sided with Dave when the latter was termed "a poorhouse
nobody," and this had made teacher and pupil close friends.
"What's the matter with my friend?" asked Dave, as he and Tom Shocker
hurried through several side streets of the city.
"I don't know exactly," was the reply.
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