"
"Then why didn't they capture you?"
"Because they thought they had us scared so we'd go, and so didn't
want to show their hand. Remember that it was the counterfeiters who
were supposed by us to have taken Jimmie."
"I understand. When you found that the boy at the cabin was not the
one you were looking for you were supposed to go away so as to save
Jimmie's life, and leave the true prince here in hiding."
"That is just it."
Bradley now called out to the boys that he had something to say to
them, and they hurried to his side.
"I want you to get the widow's grandson and take him to her," he
said. "I was used decent, and I don't like to have her suffer."
"Where is the boy?" asked Ned.
Bradley open his eyes wider in wonder.
"Do you really think I took him away?" he asked.
"Not a doubt of it!" Frank declared.
"Well, I didn't," Bradley insisted. "I don't know where he is, but I
think I can point out the likeliest place to hunt for him."
"Down at Chimney rock?" asked Frank.
"In that section, yes. And, look here. You will need to be in a
hurry, for the men who have him are anxious to get rid of him--and
they are unscrupulous!"
CHAPTER XXII
A RECRUIT FROM THE ENEMY
"So you know the men who have taken the boy we call Mike III.
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