"
"And if I can get my hands on any of those villains--"
spluttered Mr. Damon, dancing around, as Mrs. Baggert said,
"like a hen on a hot griddle," which seemed to describe him
very well, "if I can get hold of any of those scoundrels,
I'll--I'll--Bless my collar button, I don't know what I
will do! Come on, Ned!"
"Yes, I guess we'd better get busy," agreed the young bank
clerk. "Tom has gone somewhere, that's certain, and under a
misapprehension. It may be that we are needlessly alarmed,
or they may mean bad business. At any rate, it's up to us to
find Tom."
In Ned's runabout, which was a speedier car than that of
the eccentric man, the two set off for Kanker's farm. On the
way they stopped at various places in town, where Tom was in
the habit of doing business, to inquire if he had been seen.
But there was no trace of him. The next thing to do was to
learn if he had really started for the Kanker farm.
"For if he didn't go there," suggested Ned, "it will look
funny for us to go out there making inquiries about him. And
it may be that after he got that message Tom decided not to
go.
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