When I got there I heard someone talking to
him. I listened and I found out they were conversing about my father.
From what they said I knew he was still in a sanitarium, and when I heard
my uncle agree with the man that he had better stay there I knew my uncle
was in league with the plotters."
"Are you sure of that?" asked Bart. "Mr. Dent doesn't seem like that kind
of a man."
"I am sure enough," replied Frank bitterly. "Well, I followed the man
until he heard me after him, and told me to go back. Then I went to
my uncle's house. I said nothing of my suspicions, but I resolved to
find out all I could. Finally I found the man who had been talking to
my uncle."
"Who was it?" asked Fenn.
"Hardman, the man you took to the woods. He is Dr. Hardman, in charge of
the sanitarium where my father is held a prisoner."
"Are you sure of this?" asked Ned.
"Positive. I have not finished yet. When I saw Dr. Hardman in the woods
that day you were with him, and noted that he ran away from me, I
thought I was on the right track. He recognized me, it seems, and that's
why he ran. Then I made inquiries and I learned there was an asylum, a
new one, somewhere in this direction.
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