I'll think it all over,
and after dinner we'll get together and fix on some plan to get after
those infernal scoundrels."
Sandy took his departure, and Mr. Melton was left alone with his problem.
That it was a perplexing one was evident from his knitted brows and air
of intense concentration.
With the exception of Mrs. Melton and Bert, he was alone in the house.
The other boys were absent, having started out soon after breakfast.
Dick and Tom had gone off with Buck to have a little experience in
"riding herd." Bert, who had intended to go with them, had found it
necessary to go to town to make some purchases. He had just finished his
preparations and brought his horse to the door, in order to say good-by
to his host before starting. At the first glance he saw that something
had disturbed Mr. Melton's usual composure.
To his anxious inquiry as to whether anything was wrong, the latter
responded by telling him the news Sandy had brought, carefully
refraining, however, from mentioning his suspicions about the half-breed.
"Of course, it's nothing very important in one way of looking at it," he
said.
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