But he was glad the cheat had been exposed.
"That was Tom with you--wasn't it ?" asked Mr.Spicer, as he stopped the foaming horse.
"Yes, sir; but he told me you had consented that he should go with me," replied Bobby, a little disturbed by the angry glance of Mr.
Spicer's fiery eyes.
"He lied! the young villain! He will catch it for this." "I would not have let him come with me only for that.

I asked him twice over if you were willing, and he said you were." "You ought to have known better than to believe him," interposed the man who was with Mr.Spicer.
Bobby had some reason for believing him.

The fact that Tom had reformed ought to have entitled him to some consideration, and our hero gave him the full benefit of the declaration.

To have explained this would have taken more time than he could spare; besides, it was "a great moral question," whose importance Mr.Spicer and his companion would not be likely to apprehend; so he made a short story of it, and resumed his walk, thankful that he had got rid of Tom.
Mr.Spicer and his friend, after fastening the horse to the fence, went to the woods in search of Tom.
Bobby reached the station just in time to take the cars, and in a moment was on his way to the city..