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Page 16
"Now," he said to Porky, "you can get that cord off and the gag
out, but you are going to sleep for a little while." He took a
little pill from his pocket and forced it far back in Porky's
mouth. "We will sit outside and watch you a while," said the
spy. He laid the boy down on the floor of the house, propped the
door in place, and all was silent. In the house, Porky, lying
flat on his back, was trying frantically to work the pill out
between his lips before it dissolved. He rolled it forward in
his cheek, and turned on his face and blew hard.
The pill rolled out on the floor. Porky went limp. Sweat poured
down his face as he closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.
There was absolute silence outside but Porky fancied he could
hear the breathing of the watchers. It seemed hours and hours
before he heard the door move, and knew the flashlight was
directed on him. Then he heard a grunt of satisfaction and soft
footsteps padding over the close grass told him that at last the
two villains were gone.
Porky did not dare to stir, however, and lay thinking out his
next move. He felt that for a little while he was safe. His one
concern was for his brother, who had been watching over the
greenhouses on the other side of the race-track. It occurred to
him that Beany would be waiting for him there. He decided that
for a while at least he would not report the affair to Colonel
Bright. He wanted to find his brother. But he did not dare
leave the toy house, so he lay listening to every sound and
working in the dark with the most extraordinary knot that
Ledermann had tied in the cord cutting into his ankles.
Beany, who had walked rapidly over to the place allocated for
him, had waited in vain for something to turn up, and long after
the time set for the meeting had commenced watching for his
brother. Something, he felt sure, had happened in some other
part of the grounds. He was strangely uneasy. A great desire to
find Porky came over him. He walked down the road, leading from
the great upper camp, and stood looking in every direction.
watching for his brother.
As he looked, a familiar car swept past him an and stopped. It
was the Colonel's car, and Colonel Bright himself leaned out and
beckoned him. Beany ran to the machine and saluted.
"Hop in, hop in!" said the Colonel. "I don't know which one you
are but I want to talk to you. Go on, Sergeant," and the car
leaped forward.
"You or your brother said something about a hunch. Never mind
which one, I'll bet you both think alike. Now I want to know all
about it. What's that hunch all about?"
Beany was silent.
"Come on, I'm listening," he said, urging the boy to words.
Beany looked up into the strong, rugged face and studied the
keen, kind, twinkling eyes that made the Colonel the best loved
man in the American army, then leaned close to the Colonel, and
told him of the two men at the ice-cream stand, and then, going
back, he told of their recognition of the captain as the man who
had driven the car at the Troop D Farm. The Colonel listened,
even forgetting to smoke, and a frown deepened on his face.
"Where is your brother now?" he asked.
"I don't know," said Beany. "At the green house waitin' for me,
I suppose."
"Would he go home, or back to the Police Camp?"
"No, sir, we always wait for each other," explained Beany.
"Well, we are in town now," said the Colonel, "and soon as I do
an errand downtown you may take me to your house, and then the
Sergeant will run you back to the Camp. If you find your
brother, telephone me. I don't need to tell you to keep silent.
Don't forget what a big thing you're doing, my boy, and also what
a great reward if you find the formula. Think of it, a college
education! And I will see to it that you will each have one."
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