"If you just give me instructions I will carry them
out to the letter. And oh! if we can only give that money to its
rightful owner at last."
"Yes, if we only could, I think I would feel like a new man. It has
weighed heavily upon me, particularly since that rascal attacked you at
the falls."
"I have it!" and Dorothy's eyes flashed in unison with her brain.
"Telegraph to Mr. Travers to meet us, and let Tavia and me go. Tavia has
an aunt in Rochester, you know, and she will take care of us when we
have finished with the other business. Indeed, I can hardly wait."
"I cannot seem to think that you should go," objected the major. "It is
a big city, and suppose Travers should fail to meet you?"
"Then I'll meet him," promptly answered Dorothy. "Just give me all the
directions and I will find any police station in Rochester. Besides,
I'll have Tavia, and she has been there--through the city--often."
"Well, it does seem the only way, for if we fail to identify Anderson he
may be released, and I fancy he would never walk into our hands again."
"Now, not another thought, but how we are to go?" and Dorothy drew her
chair up to his desk. "Tell me all about it now, so I can have it all
settled in my mind to-night. Then to-morrow, all we will have to do is
depart.
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