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The following Friday afternoon while the rest of us were at school both boys disappeared . That evening Mrs. Batchelder sent over to inquire whether Alfred was at our house . Halstead , to his credit , had shown that he did not wish grandmother to worry about him . Shortly before two o'clock that afternoon , he had come hastily to the sitting-room door , and said , `` Good-by , gram . I 'm going away for a spell . Do n't worry . '' Then , shutting the door , he had run off before she could reply or ask a question .