The Twin Detectives; or, The Robbers of the Tomb — page 172: what you’re looking at

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THE TWIN DETECTIVES. 163. detective read in the New York papers how the patients — had escaped from their imprisonment, and the doctor had. flown from justice. The question now was where was Mrs. Hall? Bob determined to sound McLean on the subject. He felt certain that the Scotchman knew something of the matter. Taking the paper in his hand, he went to McLean’s sitting-room and tapped at the door. ‘“Come in,” said the steward. | “Oh, good-evening, Mr. McLean. I thought, as I was feeling lonely, I’d see if you were inclined for a chat.” “Yes, lam: Sit down and take a cigar.” Bob complied. “‘T see you have the paper. What’s the news?” ‘‘ Well, there 1s an account here of a strange piece of business in Brooklyn.” Ars ‘| Yes?” “Yes. Idid not see the first part of the story; it hap- pened some time ago. Itseems that some man Seti him- self Dr. Story kept a sort of private mad-house Bob looked up sharply from the paper and found Mites staring at him, transfixed with horror. ‘¢ Well, it seems this man had a lot of people shut up that were not mad at all—just people that other people wanted out of the way—and they were all treated very badly. So, one day, they broke out of this place and went to a magis- trate, and the fellow has had to run for his life.’ ““T am glad of it.” The words were spoken before McLean had time to con- ' sider what he was doing. ‘¢Kh, Mr. McLean? What did you say?” Het said it is a good po the people got away. And where are they?” ‘Oh, I guess they are in shat direction; but they have (E(0) Gomicbooks