And you will also accept the thanks of John Winthrop, and of Colonel Garwood, whom I represent." Both boys protested, with thanks, that they were able to get home on their own feet.

Mr.Winthrop, however, insisted on their going in the car.

Truth to tell, both youngsters had used their feet so much that day that they did not object to being taken home.
"I hope you will find your man, sir, and alive," Dick called, as he and Dave were leaving.
"I believe that we shall," replied Mr.Winthrop.

"Yet it will be by beginning the search from this point." The chauffeur drove them home in good time, for he was under orders to report back to Mr.Winthrop as speedily as possible.
Neither Dick nor Dave had any trouble in getting a late supper served at home.
"You've brought home a good tale, as you often do, to pay your mother for her extra trouble," laughed Mr.Prescott.
"I hope that poor, half-witted fellow didn't destroy himself in his own fire," murmured Dick, as he fell to at the meal.
By morning the people of Gridley knew that the ruins of the abandoned water-works cottage had been explored, and that the remains of Amos Garwood had not been found there.
But an editorial in the "Blade" suggested that the cottage was not very likely to have taken fire unless the blaze had been started by Garwood.

While the latter was declared not to be dangerous, the "Blade" hinted that his malady might suddenly have taken a dangerous turn.
"The good people of this section will feel much easier," concluded the editor, "when they know that Garwood has been found and returned to the sanitarium that awaits him.