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TOM GRINNED at the earnestness in Ned's tone.
"Don't be worried, old boy," he said. "We'll give all the attention to business that it needs. But if on the side we can at the same time help an old fellow along, why shouldn't we? But that's a matter that we can settle when we come to it. All we have to do now is to get ready for the trip."