"Let's try the other side. Try the third window from the end, on the top
floor," suggested Ned. "It can't do any harm. Maybe the crazy man spoke
the truth. Sometimes they do."
"It's worth trying, anyhow," said Bart, and, though Frank did not have
much hope, he agreed with his chums.
The ladder was carried around the building, As the boys looked up they
saw all the windows were in darkness save one. That one was in the top
row, and was the third from the end.
"It's against the rules for any of the patients to have a light in their
rooms after nine o'clock," remarked Frank. "I wonder what that means?"
"Perhaps your father placed it there for a signal," suggested Fenn.
"I'm going to see!" exclaimed Frank.
Silently the boys raised the ladder to the casement. It was a little too
short, but a person stepping from the window and hanging on the sill with
both hands could just reach the topmost rung. Frank went up. He threw the
signal stones at the glass. They rattled like hail. The next instant the
sash went up. A head was stuck out.
"Is that you, Frank?" a voice whispered.
"Yes, father! Can you come down?"
"Right away.
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