Even at that distance Hugh saw his face was flushed, just as his manner was buoyant.
"Now I wonder what that boy has been up to," Hugh said to himself, as he awaited the coming of Thad; but cudgel his brain as he might, Hugh never once suspected the errand of his chum could have anything to do with the solving of the puzzle that was assuming all the characteristics of a heavy burden on his, Hugh's, shoulders.
Thad presently burst in upon him, for he knew the way to Hugh's den, and thought nothing of going in and out of the Morgan house as though he belonged there.

Hugh motioned to a chair.
"Sit down and cool off," he told Thad.

"You look all heated up, as if you'd been running fast." "Well, so I have, part of the way," gasped the other; "and it's quite some distance out to the Rookery, you must remember." "What's that ?" exclaimed Hugh; "do you mean to say your appointment was with Owen Dugdale after all ?" "Shucks! no, but with his old grandfather," snickered Thad.

"Owen's gone off for the afternoon with Mr.Leonard in the athletic instructor's flivver, and paying a visit to Barton.

I knew about that when I called Mr.Dugdale up around noon today, for he has a telephone, it happens, and told him I'd accept his invitation to drop in again to chat with him, and would be over by about four.