Up scrambled the chagrined detectives.
Both smarted from the blows, but were otherwise uninjured and they rushed to the window and jumped out into the front yard.
Rushing out to the street they gazed around, but failed to see anything of the fugitive valet.
He had hidden himself so completely that they could find no trace of him, although they scoured the neighborhood for an hour.
When they met again, both looked very much disgusted and Harry said:
"He has eluded us, it seems."
"Completely," Old King Brady answered, angrily.
"We may as well give up hunting for him."
"Yes. It's a waste of time at present."
They returned to the house and told Lizzie the bad news, and the old detective said: