"I'se gib it up, sah!"
"It's no laughing matter," said Dick. "We might stay in Ithaca
over night, but traveling may be no better in the morning."
"Let us send a telegram to Captain Putnam for instructions,"
suggested Fred, and soon the following message was prepared and
sent to the Hall by way of Cedarville:
"Six of us are held up at Ithaca by the cold. How shall we come
on?"
This message was forwarded without delay, and while awaiting an
answer Dick and his brothers took a walk through the town.
They were passing down the main street when Sam uttered a short
cry.
"Hullo, there is Josiah Crabtree!"
"Where?" questioned Dick with deep interest.
"Across the way. He has just entered the jewelry store on the
corner."
"Say, perhaps he's buying a wedding ring," blurted out Tom before
he stopped to think.
"Tom, that matter is no joke," came from Dick, as his face grew
red. "I sincerely hope, for Dora Stanhope's sake, that he never
marries, Dora's mother."
"Oh, so do I," answered Tom readily.
"Why, he isn't fit to be stepfather to a dog!"
"Let us look into the window and see what he is doing," suggested
Dick uneasily, for he could not get it out of his head but that
his brother's guess might be correct.
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