"Well, I have told you the truth."
At this moment the coach driver came in sight, accompanied by a policeman.
"What's the trouble?" demanded the officer of the law.
Tom and Sam told their tale, and then the doctor had his say, and the driver related what he knew.
"Certainly a queer mix-up," remarked the policeman. He turned to the
Rovers. "What do you want to do?"
"I want to find my brother, who has disappeared," said Tom.
"You say you have searched through here?"
"I have—after a fashion."
"You can go through, if you wish," said the doctor to the officer.
"I reckon my brother is gone," went on Tom. "But this doctor helped the rascals who spirited him away."