"We
can't do anything, as I see."
"Only be on the lookout for strangers in town," said Ned. "I want to find
out who those men were."
"And you'll have quite a job," spoke Bart. "I'm going home. See you at
school to-morrow."
"There's one point we forgot to look up," Ned remarked.
"What is it?" inquired Fenn, as he prepared to accompany Bart.
"Those men spoke about someone being in a sanitarium. Do you know of any
such place around here?"
"Never has been a sanitarium in this neighborhood," replied Bart.
"There's the hospital, but I don't believe they meant that."
"I either," responded Ned. "There's some mystery in it all. Perhaps we
can solve it and help Frank."
Little was talked of at school next morning but the contest between the
ball team members and the Upside Down Club. The story was told over
again, with all sorts of embellishments, and there were any number of
versions; from one that Ned had escaped by leaping from the roof, to
another that his friends had descended on the building and torn it apart
to get him out.
As a matter of fact the victory of the Upside Down society was only a
partial one, as Ned had been able to go to the dinner before it was more
than half over.
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