When he left Oak Hall he was the maddest boy I ever saw.

He will do something awful to you if he gets the chance." "I'll be on my guard--and I am much obliged for telling me," said Dave; and then he and Nat separated, not to meet again for many weeks.
The train for Chicago was already standing in the station, and the Porters and their friends were soon on board.

The two girls had a private compartment and the others several sections, and all proceeded to make themselves at home.
"I never get into a sleeping car without thinking of old Billy Dill, the sailor who went with me to the South Seas," said Dave to Laura and Jessie.

"He thought we'd have to sleep in the seats, and when the porter came and made up the berths he was the most surprised man you ever saw." "And where is he now ?" asked Jessie.
"In a home for aged sailors.

Father and Uncle Dunston have seen to it that he is comfortably cared for." "I must visit him some day," said Laura.