"
"Go on," urged Rand. "It is growing interesting."
"Well, there isn't much more; but I saw, from this circular, that
Rae had escaped from prison, so I concluded that the man we saw in
the boat was Rae, and I put the two and two together and worked it
out that it was he who robbed the judge's office."
"What was he after?" asked Pepper.
"I don't know exactly," replied Jack; "but it was papers of some
kind."
"Well, it does look as if you were right," conceded Donald; "but
you haven't got any proof."
"No," admitted Jack; "but I have given the officer the tip, and
told him about the shack in the woods where Pepper saw Rae. They
are going to make a raid on it tomorrow, and perhaps they will find
some of the stolen property in their possession; then we have the
impression of a hand on this paper, and we can get one of Monkey's
hands and see if they aren't the same."
"Faith, hunting is wan thing and finding's anither," commented
Gerald.
Which proved to be quite true in this case, for when the officers
reached the cabin in the woods they found it deserted and dismantled.
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