"And they didn't find him. Oh, I am so glad. It's a shame he had to suffer so, though. I think you might have made it easier for my brother, Pow."
Ed was on the point of breaking in with: "I'm not your brother," but he concluded that it would pay him best to hold his tongue until he understood better what all this meant.
He had his suspicions, however.
He felt quite certain that it had something to do with the papers stolen from his father about which there had been much mystery.
Ed knew something about these papers, but not all.
What he knew we shall later explain.
CHAPTER III.
WORKING FOR A CHINESE CLEW.
It was true that the Bradys spent much time searching for Ed.