We agreed it would be better to try it
when there was a storm, as, if we make any noise, it will not attract so
much attention."
"That's a good idea," commented Bart. "Where are you going to get
the ladder?"
"I guess Mr. Armstrong has one he would let us take."
"How are you going to get it to the sanitarium? It's a good way off."
"I thought maybe you'd assist me about that part," spoke Frank. "I've got
to have help."
"Of course you have," declared Ned. "Now I have an idea. We can take that
ladder to the woods near the sanitarium on the back of a donkey. Mr.
Armstrong has one. It's about the only way we could transport it, as the
trails are too narrow for a wagon. We can fix it on the donkey's back
lengthwise, and he can go through narrow places that way."
"Then what?" asked Fenn.
"We'll hide the ladder in the woods, close to the edge of the asylum
grounds, and, the first stormy night that comes we'll go there and rescue
Mr. Roscoe."
"Do you know where his room is?" asked Bart.
"Yes, it's number twenty-eight; one of the outside apartments and easy
to reach with a ladder.
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