?" asked
Ned.
"I know him too well," was the bitter answer. "He's one of the men
who use their friends up to the limit and then drop them!"
"You say 'him,'" Ned suggested. "Is there only one in this outrage?"
"There are several, but all bow to the will of the leader. I can't
tell you anything more about it! I don't like the way I have been
treated, or I wouldn't have said as much as I have."
"I thought your motive was to secure the return of the boy to his
grandmother?"
"I want that done, of course, but I wouldn't have suggested it to you
only for the high and mighty airs of the man placed over me."
"Why don't you tell me who this man is?" asked Ned. "Why don't you
tell me the object of this abduction of the prince? Why not tell me
where to find this little chap you seem honestly interested in?"
"I don't know anything about any prince!" insisted Bradley.
"Look here," Ned said, "I believe I can tell you just how this man
you hate looks. If I describe him, will you tell me if I am right?"
"I will tell you nothing, except that you ought to look in the
vicinity of Chimney rock for the grandson--not at the rock, but close
to it! That is more than I ought to tell you."
"This man you speak of," Ned went on, recalling the features of the
face caught above the rock by the camera, "has a very slim face, a
prominent nose, a wide, thin-lipped mouth, high cheek boned, small
eye-orbits, and eyebrows which tip up at the outer corners.
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