Then Theodore Dodge was found lying bound and gagged on the floor.

A ragged, foul-smelling coat had been substituted for the one that had been left at the river's bank.

The banker looked up at the intruders with a stupefied leer, betraying neither alarm or pleasure.
As soon as the two rough-looking fellows had been handcuffed Mr.
Dodge was freed, and his tongue also, but Chief Coy, after raising the banker and questioning him, muttered: "Clean out of his head.

Daffy.

Must have wandered away from Gridley during a loony streak.