And we had quite a talk with him." "Wot's he going to do here ?" "He says it is his property--left to him by a distant relative.

He ordered us away." "Must have been Foxwell left him the place.

Is he going to start the mill up ag'in ?" "He didn't say." "If he's a jailbird I'll hate to see him in these parts," went on the farmer soberly.
"Well, it won't hurt you to keep an eye on him, Mr.Marley," answered Dick, and then, struck with a sudden idea, he continued: "And if you see or hear anything wrong about him, will you do us the favor to let us know at once, over the telephone, or otherwise?
I'll pay you for the calls." "Sure I'll let you know--if I hear anything." "I might as well tell you that he is down on us and down on some of our friends, and he and a young fellow with him named Tad Sobber may try to play us foul in some way.

So, if you hear of anything strange, let us know by all means." "You can depend on it, I will," replied Peter Marley.
"And now to see if that really was the biplane!" cried Tom, when the party was once more on horseback.

"Let us try to forget old Crabtree and Sobber.