Croyden, "and you will be all ready to start back----"
"Start back!" interrupted Theo in distress. "Oh, surely, Mr. Croyden,
Father is not going to take me home!"
The older man hesitated.
"Oh, of course I have no way of knowing what your father means to do,"
he protested hastily. "I only imagined that you would be more
comfortable at home, and would rather go. There really would not be
much point in staying out the month here, would there? You see, you
won't be able to get about, and your father would not like to go off
every day and leave you here alone in camp."
"But Father has spent all this money to come into the woods, and he
has looked forward to the trip so much!" groaned Theo. "Besides, he is
very tired and needs the rest; he told me so. If he takes me back home
he will miss it all! He doesn't want the vacation just for his own
fun, but so he can serve our country better if he is needed. I don't
see why we couldn't stay on here just as we planned, even if I have a
broken leg," was Theo's concluding plea.
"Think how stupid it would be for you to be left in the house alone."
"I shouldn't care. I could find some way to amuse myself.
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