If I should show you
what I have written, you might look only for clues calculated to
prove it to be correct, or you might look only for opposing clues."
A second examination of the counterfeiters' cave revealed nothing of
importance except that the broken wall on the east side showed a
small room into which Jimmie and his captor might have fled after the
abduction. Still, there was no proof that they had done so, Ned
explained.
"Why didn't the little fellow yell?" asked Jack.
"I think he would have yelled if that had been possible!" Ned said.
The boys left the cave in a short time and passed south, toward the
valley and the cabin. Instead of going directly to the cabin,
however, Ned kept away to the west and came out south of it, in the
section where Bradley had walked with the child.
After a time Jack wandered away to the east, so as to come up on that
side of the cabin. Although the boys had circled the building, no
sign of life had been seen.
While Ned was yet some distance away he saw Jack standing on the
slope of the valley watching the front door. He walked back and
looked in at a small window in the rear wall. The child lay asleep on
a bed in one corner of the room, and Mrs, Brady sat by his side.
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