 The spirit of doer die is finally gotten oh say there's Harold coming over here I'll bet he's gonna ask us to go with him to his dad's cottage yes I'll bet so too hello Harold hi you cadet Linwell hey would you like to go over and see the cottage Mrs. Gardner got my dad what I tell you Lee yeah you were right as usual sure Harold we'd like to well we'll walk to the front gate with you Harold but Lee and I have got to go over to max a minute oh yeah that's right I almost forgot well can you come over later sure you bet we'd like to that is a if it's right with your dad oh of course it's all right he told me to have you come over with me just ask him ask him yeah he's meeting us at Custis Hall he's talking to Captain Gardner oh I see well come on we'll walk over there with you but did you have a good time at the Gardner's house last night you bet we did dad and Captain Gardner got to talking about the army army was your dad in the army well not the regular army but he's a major in the reserve right now yeah I didn't know that maybe we should call a major Linwell oh I don't think so you know I told you he doesn't like any kind of a fuss and so he just likes to be called Mr. Oh hey Harold there's your dad where oh yeah I see him up at the top of the steps yeah hello dad come on let's run okay take it easy I'll still be here sure we know that but I want to spend all the time I can with you while you're here oh well that's great they take a job over the cottage boys well if you don't mind Mr. Linwell we'll let you go on with Harold right now we want to go over to a max place for a few minutes and then we'll come right over Mr. Linwell very well shall we go all right now how are you feeling Mr. Linwell the trip to Pharaoh's didn't tie you out too much did it oh no and I got some fine rest last night I think Mrs. Gardner's dinner helped quite a bit too you bet it did oh you think so too well just a second I'll open this other door you think to get a rubber tip for this old crutch of mine very used to it I wonder where you'd be able to get one in Pharaoh's oh I think any drugstore would carry them I went over to Mason's drugstore and get one for you before we call that huh oh no Harold I'll get one later well why dad I won't take me very long to run over to me well maybe your father would like you to visit with him right now Harold oh that's it we can both go over later anyway I've got to get some exercise the doctors told me my recovery is up to me from now on that exercise is an important part of oh yeah I see Harold oh yeah around this way gee I forgot what's all that about you see sir please can't go through the small arches it's a tradition at Pharaoh's oh I understand I don't suppose that affects father's a plebe's too does it oh no sir well all right here we are well we'll see you boys later yes sir that's a long fellas good bye see you later let's walk around this side of the street son golly I thought for a minute Harold was going to catch on I mean the reason why his dad didn't want him to be running around Faroq's alone well I don't think he'd know anything about the reason but well if mr. Linwell hadn't said what he did about exercise Harold might have thought something was up yeah go ahead Lee thanks hey listen to Max Ingan yeah in general Ben would make a pair would he's probably experimenting with his chemicals back there gee something exploded come on Jerry let's see what happened listen for the love of my man yes and a couple of pretty scared customers if you ask me what happened back there Mac gee we thought you were hurt not William McLeod lad you might there's an old saying and a true one careful preparation of it's disaster now I'd say I wouldn't be hot as long as I read the books well and follow the direction what were you making oh nothing nothing in particular just experimenting just experimenting we like what do you heard today well I think I'll have a dish of strawberry ice cream yeah so like oh yeah what's this Jerry no chocolate for you today no I just feel like strawberry oh well no I wouldn't say you look like one like what like a strawberry oh there you are lads yeah well lads it's good to see you here again wash it's it's been about two weeks since you've been in Max place yeah oh uh say Mac hi Jerry do you want to know what this stuff about Harold was last week I mean why we had to keep him here so he'd miss recall well I think I can know you mean you know I think I do but how could you well corporate dent was in a couple of days back and he told me all about your excursion to what Mons Island he did I he did he swore me to secrecy though I he made me promise I wouldn't talk about it with anyone but you lads well what did he tell you man well he told me he told me about the newspapers from Wardville and how the headlines about Harold's father were there but not the account itself he told me too that you had all decided that whoever it was that was out there on the island was very very interested in Harold's favor and probably in Harold himself that's right huh oh I think that was a mighty fine thing you did lunch mighty fine sacrifice in yourselves to ensure Harold safety all that there wasn't anything no no maggot who just happened that we found that stuff out there in the shack instead of some of the other cadets I mean if anyone else had been with corporate dent they would have done the same thing for Harold oh well no way I didn't care about that say Mac I did corporate dent tell you about what else we found there I mean besides the newspapers well no I excuse me lads I'll I'll wait on this you bet yes sir and what can I do for you do you have a stationary stationary I I do I should like to buy an envelope who is that Lee I don't know I've never seen him before what size is it he speaks with an accent doesn't he papers it should be quite large I here is the legal size envelope right here now let me see whether or not they will fit in this is exactly right thank you now do you sell postage stamps stamps I I do how many enough to send this by airmail well I'd see I'd see it would be about two ounces here you are sir thank you now how much funny looking fellow isn't he oh about 15 cents 15 cents you are very reasonable my friend well I try to be that's the manner in which I keep my customers I understand of course a great number of your customers are probably boys from that school I think I are in good steady customers they are too I should imagine when when do they usually come in oh about this time sometimes a wee bit earlier on the days when they don't have the drill you can I understand do you mind if I address this envelope here I wish to post it in the box outside yeah yeah I see it take the time you need not wait that is all I desire at this time please oh yes sir thank you kindly well that's a how are you getting on with your ice cream oh oh swell Mac yes well what's alien your large you look like you've seen a ghost Mac that's the man who was out on the island in the shack what how can you tell you didn't see the man no but Mac that man right there addressed that envelope with a fountain pen I a gold one and a very beautiful one it was but you don't understand Mac didn't Corporal Dent tell you about the gold pencil we found in the shack gold pencil no no he didn't tell me well we found one and it was exactly the same as the fountain pen that that man used just now it was exactly gee I had goose pimples all over me when I saw that fountain pen wait come on where we're gonna follow that man oh Jerry oh no wait you didn't do that no no no I win a lot Mac we just gotta see where he goes we'll be careful okay I'm with you Jerry oh no Lodge please listen to old Macleod I think it's very very dangerous for you to do a thing like that oh look look it's almost time for a recall you can't pull that on us Mac we know what time it is we've still got about an hour and a half before we go come on Lee yeah oh I didn't think you can what you're getting into Jerry and Lee I didn't think Major Davies would like you to get yourselves mixed up in anything like this if this really is the man that is we'll be careful Mac see that you do lodge see that you do Lodge there he is walking down Court Street yeah I see him he's walking pretty fast isn't he yeah hey come on let's cut across the corner of the outer campus and duck behind those trees okay come on gee you walks fast yeah he sure does say we'd better slow down though he might see us uh huh look Jerry what there's Ralph Hummerick coming up toward that man at the corner of Court and Birch oh yeah hey the man stopped Ralph yeah and now Ralph's pointing at the cottage Guy Linwell lives in gee uh I wonder Jerry I think this is the man sure he is he's asked Ralph what house Guy Linwell lives in and Ralph pointed it out to him gee he shouldn't have done that who Ralph oh he doesn't know anything about the man yeah I know but oh it's too bad he doesn't hey look Lee now the man's walking up and down in front of Mr. Linwell's house uh huh and Ralph's walking this way yeah but on the other side of the street you won't see us I hope not because we mustn't let anybody know we're suspicious of that man I should say not hey the man's walking away down Court Street yeah he isn't walking as fast as he was before yeah I noticed that say did you hear him ask Mac about when the boys from the school came into his store yes I did I wonder if he was thinking about Harold when he asked Mac that sure who else could he be thinking about we know he's the man who was in that shack on Woodman's Island we know he's the one who cut out those stories in the paper about Harold's father yeah that hey what look he's turned into that driveway down at the end of the block yes sir and he's walking across that lawn toward that other house that's Mrs. Cooper's boarding house yes I know it Jerry he's going in that must be where he lives uh huh come on Lee where too we've got to tell Mr. Linwell all about this man and we've got to get to Mr. Linwell's cottage before the man has a chance to get up to his room wherever it is why don't you see while he's walking upstairs we'll walk across and get into Mr. Linwell's house that way the man won't know that we followed all the way for Mac's you're right Jerry come on let's run