He did not like the looks of his surroundings, and he resolved to keep his wits about him and be on his guard.
"Why should Mr.Dale come to a place like this ?" he asked himself.

He knew the teacher to be a model man, who did not drink or gamble.
"Here we are," said Tom Shocker, as he stopped in front of a door at the back of the hallway on the third floor of the building.

"I guess you can go right in.

He's on the bed with his broken ankle." "His broken ankle ?" repeated Dave.

"Why didn't you tell me of that before ?" "I thought I did," returned Shocker, smoothly.