On the fifth day you will
receive his left hand. On the sixth day his right foot. On the
seventh day his left foot. On the eighth day his head. If you obey
this command he will be restored to you, in good health, at
Cumberland."
"Is it a joke?" asked Frank, white to the lips.
"It must be!" cried Jack. "No one would mutilate Jimmie."
"It is a corase joke!" Teddy cut in.
"I'm afraid it is no joke, boys," Ned said. "I'm afraid we'll have to
go."
"But we'll come back again!" shouted Oliver. "We'll come back with a
whole company of Boy Scouts! There are enough Boy Scouts in New York
to tear these mountains up by the roots!"
"But I don't understand how they got him," Teddy wailed. "He went
away with you."
"He went into a hidden passage to make a picturesque effect," Frank
said, "and did not return. We thought it one of his jokes, and paid
little attention to his absence. We might have rescued him if we had
known."
"Of course he was seized in that passage," Dode said. "Did you get
the picture he was to be in?"
"Sure we did!" cried Frank. "I'll see if he was there when the camera
opened."
As he spoke the boy made a rush for his suitcase, took out his
development tank, printing frame and other tools, and set to work on
his film roll.
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