"And this is where she has found her brother, at last?"
"Yes. He has been missing for months."
"I'm afraid," said the doctor, "that she has found him only to lose him."
"Is it that serious?"
"It's concussion of the brain, and there seem to have been complications. He has only a slim chance to live."
CHAPTER XXV
The Last of Captain Royal
Todham Todd hovered between life and death for almost two weeks. For days he lay unconscious, knowing nothing of the efforts that were being made to save him. He had the best of care, and the doctor gave him every attention, but admitted that the case was one in which he could do little.
"We simply have to wait," he told the Hardy boys and Miss Todd. "He may be restored to consciousness at any moment. On the other hand, he may die just as quickly. He has a good constitution, so we may at least hope for the best."
They were anxious days. Every morning, the Hardy boys called at the hospital to inquire about the strange patient, and every morning the answer was the same.