And he asked me, in case anything did happen to him and Jimmy,
to be kind to his dad and try to make up to him as much as I could. I
gave him my promise that night." Frank looked about the intent group
of faces soberly, "In case the boys had been killed, I would have
regarded it as a sacred trust."
Something swelled in the girls' hearts and for a moment they could not
speak. Then,
"I guess we all love you for that, Frank," said Betty simply. With a
little nod of her head toward the slip of paper he still held, she
added: "What about that-- now?"
Frank looked down at the slip of paper for a moment uncomprehendingly,
for his thoughts had been far away.
"Oh, the note," he said. "Why, that was only to be given to his father
in case anything happened, you know. But now that the boys are coming
back to him themselves, I suppose the thing is worthless." He made a
motion as though to tear the note up, but Grace stopped him with a
quick exclamation.
"Don't!" she cried, adding as they all looked at her in surprise:
"Don't you suppose there might be something in it that would give us a
clue to the professor's whereabouts now, perhaps? Don't you think it
would be wise to look, at least?"
But Frank slowly shook his head.
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