“Are you sure?” asked Frank.
“Positive.”
“He didn’t have his crown on,” spoke Bart.
“And his clothes were not the same,” put in Fenn.
“That doesn’t make any difference,” insisted Ned. “I am sure it was the same man. I’ll bet there’s some mystery here, and it’s up to us to solve it,” he added.
“I don’t see why,” said Frank.
“Why haven’t we as good a right as any one?”
“I’m certain this man, if he is the one we saw at the hut, is the keeper of that poor lunatic we first met in the woods. Now what’s the use of bothering them. They have troubles enough,” replied Frank.
“Well, I want to get a look inside that hut,” went on Ned, “and I’m going to, some day.”