Part 20 (1/2)

The infor uncertain, local police officials and the county officer accompanied the a er to the scouts, had sustained injuries to his head and body The hospital officials say that he will recover

His injuries were caused by the falling of a roof The felloas of a rough appearance, his clothing in the last stages of shabbiness

Detective Ferrett's skill and long experience enabled hie at once that the felloas of the cristers as an unfortunate, out of work, and they had been helping him

An inspection of his coat label and comparison of his face with a police alarm picture which the detective had, enabled hi to the alitive and to his injury, it has not been possible to verify the identification by measurements, but there seems no doubt that he is the man wanted by the Canadian authorities

These have been notified and Doeboro as soon as the patient has fully regained consciousness and it is possible to compel him to confront those who know him face to face

Detective Ferrett, whose skill and shrewdness and re this brutal criminal within the reach of justice, warns parents not to let their children play in spots unfrequented by their elders, because of the nus and desperate characters cast adrift by the war and the present period of unemployment These, he says, are usually to be found on the outskirts of small towns Many of the and so lure and then rob their adventure loving victims

There was considerable more of this nonsensical twaddle It was the silly custoeboro Record to make heroes of the town and county officials, and soberly to print the rubbish which they uttered for the pleasure of seeing their names in print

”Can you beat that?” Westy asked

”Outskirts of towns!” said Dorry ”Why we met him in Bennett's Candy Store!”

”He calls us children,” said Pee-wee

”Now that you speak of it,” said Warde Hollister, ”it seeeboro”

”Parents should be warned against letting their children go into candy stores,” said Roy

The next day it appeared that the doctors of Bridgeboro were not quite equal to coping with poor Blythe's case, and the Bridgeboro Record stated that a specialist from New York had been suning unconsciousness in order to baffle the authorities It appeared that not only thugs and bandits, but occasionally a surgeon who knew his business, ca happened

CHAPTER XXIX

A DISCOVERY

The doctor frole eye of Detective Ferrett had not discovered And which the Bridgeboro doctors had not discovered It was nothing new It was just two or three tiny cracks in the skull of the fugitive cri cut which he received in his deed of heroisht have been two or three years old, the doctor said He seemed keenly interested in it

As a consequence of this, Detective Ferrett and a young doctor from the hospital called at the homes of several of the older scouts and questioned them about Blythe's demeanor at camp The boys had tried to tell the detective of their companion's peculiarities but he had not condescended to listen He listened now And the outcoeboro Record:

CRIMINAL TENDENCIES CAUSED BY CRACKED SKULL?

A delicate operation was perforitive who is recovering fro of the hair froht wound received on the day of his capture was the e to the skull, evidently caused by a previous accident It was found that the crushed area of bone caused a depression deep enough to press upon the brain which ht account for his mental state which is said to be abnormal

Darrell has been subject to occasional fits of depression and is said to have become easily excited The present indications are that the operation was successful The patient is resting easily and talks uard is being kept at his bedside and it is the intention of the authorities to question him when he is able to submit to such examination