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.

"Money matters, I think, and the gent is sick, too.

He wanted it kept very quiet--said it might ruin his reputation if it got out." "Well, I didn't say anything to anybody," answered Dave.