CHAPTER XX
THE WILD MAN AGAIN
“Roger, I have an idea!”
“What is it, Dave?”
“I may be mistaken, but I’ve been thinking that perhaps that wild man did the blowing up at the hotel.”
“What makes you think that?” questioned the senator’s son, putting down the book he had been trying to study.
A day had passed after the events recorded in the last chapter, and so far no word had come in concerning Phil and the other runaways. Doctor Clay had sent for a private detective to assist in locating them and also to try, if possible, to clear up the mystery concerning the hotel affair.
“Well, in the first place, it would be just like a crazy man to do such a thing, wouldn’t it?”
“Perhaps.”
“In the second place, I have heard that the wild man was seen around when the bridge was blown up.”