"This may be a frame-up," Ned observed, "but it is up to us to see it
through. The boy who has just been brought in may be the prince, or
he may be the grandson, and we are here to get the answer."
"Or there may be no boy at the cabin at all!" Frank suggested. "The
conspirators know that we are in the mountains for the purpose of
looking up the prince. What better plan than the one now working
could they have settled on? If they are sharp at all, they would
understand that a story of a child brought on from Washington would
set us in motion--would be likely to get us into a trap!"
They scrambled on down the slope for some distance, too busy keeping
upright to do any talking, then Frank went on.
"You know very well that I'm no prophet of evil, Ned, but it looks to
me that we have betrayed our mission here by taking such an interest
in the child. Would a lot of boys looking for snap-shots trail off in
the night to see a boy when they might have taken a look at him the
next day?"
"If I know anything about human nature" Ned answered, "those two
people ahead of us are honest. If it is a frame-up, they are not in
it."
"Anyway," Frank went on, "I'm glad the plans were changed by the
arrival of Buck.
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