"I'm going back to the cave, and it
may be just as well to have some one with me."
Frank went down the slope to the tent and Ned and Jack hastened down
the slope on the other side. They were busy with their thoughts and
for a long time neither spoke.
"Of course it is the abductors?" Jack asked, presently.
"I have no doubt of it," was the reply.
"Do you connect the man Bradley with it?" was the next question.
"There is no proof against him," Ned replied.
"But you must have some idea about it," persisted Jack.
"For all we know," Ned remarked, "he may be entirely innocent in the
abduction matter. He may have brought the real grandchild here."
"The grandchild!" repeated Jack. "Here's the old question once more:
'Is it the prince, or is it Mike III.?'"
"I have the answer to that question written down in my memorandum
book," Ned said. "I don't want to show it to you now, because I may
be mistaken. When the case is closed I will show you the entry. Then
you may laugh at me if you feel like it."
"I'd like to see it now," Jack coaxed.
"I want all you boys to think for yourselves," Ned went on. "Don't
get a theory and pound away at it. If you do, you'll overlook
everything which doesn't agree with that theory.
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