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I'll come to see him to-morrow, if he wants me to. Yes--yes. I
guess so!" and Tom laughed, it being evident that his remarks at
the end of the conversation had to do with personal matters.
"A telegram has come for Mr. Nestor and they were anxious that
he should get it," Tom explained to his little audience as he
hung up the receiver and put aside the telephone. "I wonder what
he wanted to see me about?"
"He didn't say," replied Mrs. Baggert.
Mr. Damon, Tom, and his father remained in conversation a
little while longer, and the eccentric man was thinking that it
was about time for him to return home, when the telephone rang
again.
"Hello," answered Tom, as he was nearest the instrument. "Oh,
yes, Mary, this is he. What's that? Your father hasn't reached
home yet? And your mother is worried? Oh tell her there is no
cause for alarm. As I said, he probably stopped on his way to see
some friends."
Tom listened for perhaps half a minute to a talk that was
inaudible to the others in the room, and they noticed a grave
look come over his face.


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