"Never mind, Hans," said Dick. "You can help sail the Katydid.
She will pull strong enough for two, I am sure."
The Katydid was a wonderful affair of silver and gold which Dick
had constructed on ideas entirely his own. It went up slowly but
surely and proved to be as good a kite as the majority.
A number of girls living in the neighborhood, bad heard of the
kite-flying contests, and now they came up, Dora Stanhope with the
rest, accompanied by her two cousins, Grace and Nellie Laning. As
my old readers may guess, Dick was very attentive to Dora, and his
brothers were scarcely less so to the two Laning sisters.
"And how is your mother?" Dick asked of Dom, during the course of
their conversation.
"She is much better," replied Dora, "although she is still weak
from her sickness."
"Does she ever mention Josiah Crabtree?"
"She mentioned him once. She said that she had dreamed of him and
of you, Nick."
"Me? And what was the dream?"
"Oh - it was only a silly affair, Dick, not worth mentioning."
"But I would like to know what it was."
"Well, then, she dreamed that both of you were in a big forest and
he was about to attack you with a gun or a club, she couldn't tell
which. She awoke screaming and I ran to her side, and that is how
she told me of the dream."
CHAPTER III
AN OLD ENEMY TURNS UP
"That was certainly an odd dream," said Dick, after a short pause.
"I am sure I never want to meet Josiah Crabtree under such
circumstances.
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