"
"Thank you, Mrs. Button," said George promptly. "If you knew how
glad we are to be here you might feel almost as if you were doing
missionary work in inviting us."
"She will think she's doing missionary work, I'm afraid," spoke
up Grant. "I want to warn you, Mrs. Button, that when George gets
into the dining room you'll have to drive him out. It's the only
way we can get him to stop."
Mrs. Button smiled as she said, "That's just the kind of a guest
I like."
Meanwhile Fred had not been with his companions when they had
gone to their rooms, for he had remained behind to talk with his
grandfather concerning the uninvited passenger who had arrived
with them.
"Yes," Fred explained, "he was with some other men, canal-men we
thought they were, that boarded us between Utica and Rome and we
couldn't get rid of them. I thought at first they were going to
try to take the Black Growler away from us, but they didn't do
that and when Mr. Stevens came along in the Caledonia and stopped
to help us they all ran away. We didn't think that we would ever
see any of them again, but up here at Cape Vincent who should
show up but this man."
"What did he come for?" inquired Mr. Button. "We couldn't
understand it at first," replied Fred, "but, Grandfather, we
found under a cushion a bond for five thousand dollars."
"You did WHAT?"
"We found a bond for five thousand dollars.
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