Part 30 (1/2)
”Did you immediately leave the vicinity of the bank?” asked the boy
”No,” replied Chester ”We walked about the building until after twelve o'clock”
”Did you hear any significant sounds?” asked Will
”Pistol-shots,” was the reply
”Then you knehat had taken place?”
”Yes, sir, we thought we did”
”What next?”
”While we stood at the side door of the bank, wondering e ought to do, Mr Fre up the steps At first I felt disposed to give him some intie to do so He opened the side door with a key and entered, and we left the city and the state We came here, and I was dazed by a fall, but this last hurt has corrected the injury done by the first one”
”There you are!” said Will ”The case is closed The Boy Scouts o now There's one more mystery Who built the fire in your old cave?”
”I did before the last fall,” Wagner said
”Of course, we can stay here and fish and hunt if ant to,” laughed Will, ”and I think it ht noe have co of the Trail”
The boys spent two very pleasant weeks in Wyoo, Wagner and Chester ith theround as soon as the testiner and his son was taken, and the innocence of the escaped convict was established so thoroughly to the satisfaction of the police that he was never tried again